The Old Wives' Tale on La Débâcle: “"I've just been reading Zola's 'Downfall,'" he said. Her mind searched backwards, and recalled a poster. "Oh!" she replied. "'La Debacle'?"”
The Old Wives' Tale on The Days of Bruce: “She crept away again, forlorn and puzzled, and next discovered herself in the bedroom which she shared with Constance at the top of the house; she lay down in the dusk on the bed and began to read "The Days of Bruce;" but she read only with her eyes.”