Lack
And though Mr. and Mrs. Phileas Fogg would never have children, for they were not the sort, no, to give up their freedom for the smiles and the screaming, still he sometimes thought he saw children in the house--children who played hide and seek among the drapery that Aouda lovingly hung as she learned to be an English woman, or rolling marbles down the staircase when it rained, leaving them out to be tripped over--then he paused on the landing, looked about him to be sure there was nothing there; then he wondered, was the house so empty?
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