'Each of those damned walnuts,' M. de Renal would say when his wife admired them, 'costs me half an acre of crop; the corn will not grow in their shade.'
Chacun de ces maudits noyers, disait M. de Rênal quand sa femme les admirait, me coûte la récolte d’un demi-arpent, le blé ne peut venir sous leur ombre.