There was another moment when, while laughing diabolically at himself, he represented to himself la Esmeralda as he had seen her on that first day, lively, careless, joyous, gayly attired, dancing, winged, harmonious, and la Esmeralda of the last day, in her scanty shift, with a rope about her neck, mounting slowly with her bare feet, the angular ladder of the gallows; he figured to himself this double picture in such a manner .that he gave vent to a terrible cry.
Il y eut un autre moment où, tout en riant diaboliquement sur lui-même, il se représenta à la fois la Esmeralda comme il l’avait vue le premier jour, vive, insouciante, joyeuse, parée, dansante, ailée, harmonieuse, et la Esmeralda du dernier jour, en chemise, et la corde au cou, montant lentement, avec ses pieds nus, l’échelle anguleuse du gibet ; il se figura ce double tableau d’une telle façon qu’il poussa un cri terrible.