He went on talking . .. talking ... I listened attentively, feeling, without being aware of it, that all this concerned facts well known to me, when suddenly, in the simple way extraordinary things do happen, Jasmin turned to me and touched me on the arm as if struck by an idea which had never occurred to him.
Il parlait… Il parlait… J’écoutais attentivement, sentant sans m’en rendre compte qu’il s’agissait là d’une chose bien connue de moi, lorsque soudain, tout simplement, comme se font les choses extraordinaires, Jasmin se tourna vers moi et, me touchant le bras, frappé d’une idée qui ne lui était jamais venue :