What he could not clear away, however, was the effect of those years of morbid and unnatural life spent in the hidden chambers of the old house; and it was only the devotion of his wife and of his son which kept the thin and flickering flame of his life alight.
Toutefois, il n'arriva pas à secouer les effets de ces années passées dans des conditions malsaines, contraires aux lois de la nature. Ce furent seulement les soins dévoués de sa femme et de son fils qui firent durer la flamme vacillante de sa vie.