In their absorption, they had passed the public breviary of the Tour−Roland without stopping, and took their way mechanically towards the pillory around which the throng was growing more dense with every moment.
Dans leur préoccupation, elles avaient passé sans s’y arrêter devant le bréviaire public de la Tour-Roland, et se dirigeaient machinalement vers le pilori autour duquel la foule grossissait à chaque instant.