Fearing to yield to the desire to enter with her, he drew her towards the road, and explained to her as gently as possible that she was compromising him in the eyes of his mates, that she was compromising the political cause.
Craignant de succomber lui-meme a l'envie d'entrer chez elle, il l'entraînait vers la route, il lui expliquait, le plus doucement possible, qu'elle le compromettait aux yeux des camarades, qu'elle compromettait la cause de la politique.