He sat all night on his stool, starting at the least noise; and when the first rays of the sun penetrated into his chamber, the dawn itself appeared to him to have taken funereal tints.
Il resta toute la nuit sur son escabeau, tressaillant au moindre bruit; et quand les premiers rayons du jour se glissèrent dans sa chambre, l'aurore lui parut avoir pris des teintes funèbres.