Between men and himself, the condemned man felt a pile of stones and jailers weighing down upon his head; and the entire prison, the massive bastille was nothing more than an enormous, complicated lock, which barred him off from the rest of the world.
Entre les hommes et lui, le condamné sentait peser sur sa tête un entassement de pierres et de geôliers, et la prison tout entière, la massive bastille n’était plus qu’une énorme serrure compliquée qui le cadenassait hors du monde vivant.