This reputation as a terribleconspirator, a nihilist, a regicide, a patriot ready for anything andeverything, who had escaped death by a miracle, had bewitched PierreRoland's lively and bold imagination; he had made friends with the oldPole, without, however, having ever extracted from him any revelation asto his former career.
Cette réputation de conspirateurredoutable, de nihiliste, de régicide, de patriote prêt à tout, échappéà la mort par miracle, avait séduit l'imagination aventureuse et vive dePierre Roland; et il était devenu l'ami du vieux Polonais, sans avoirjamais obtenu de lui, d'ailleurs, aucun aveu sur son existence ancienne.