The sated and crouching god would at once get his death-blow, the monstrous idol hidden in the depths of his sanctuary, in that unknown distance where poor wretches fed him with their flesh without ever having seen him.But Étienne, leaving the Vandame road, now came on to the paved street.
Le dieu repu et accroupi en creverait sur l'heure, l'idole monstrueuse, cachée au fond de son tabernacle, dans cet inconnu lointain ou les misérables la nourrissaient de leur chair, sans l'avoir jamais vue. *p Mais Étienne, quittant le chemin de Vandame, débouchait sur le pavé.