But he could not put his hand on it; he reflected that perhaps the young man had left it in his room, where he often wrote at night, and without taking any decision, pursued by the idea of this report, he went upstairs to look for it in the room.
Mais il ne put mettre la main dessus, il réfléchit que peut-etre le jeune homme l'avait laissée dans sa chambre, ou il écrivait souvent la nuit. Et, sans prendre de décision, poursuivi par l'idée de cette note, il monta vivement la chercher, dans la chambre.