On one occasion, it was a Sunday, four years later, M. de Renal, as he walked home from church in his mayoral attire, saw at a distance old Sorel, supported by his three sons, watching him with a smile.
Une fois, c’était un jour de dimanche, il y a quatre ans de cela, M. de Rênal, revenant de l’église en costume de maire, vit de loin le vieux Sorel, entouré de ses trois fils, sourire en le regardant.