With an indignant gesture he threatened Lydie, who was full of remorse and fear, and talked of going back to the Voreux to gather dandelions. Were they going to abandon the meeting? he wanted to know what the old people would say.
D'un geste indigné, il menaça Lydie, qui, travaillée de remords et de crainte, parlait de retourner au Voreux cueillir ses pissenlits: est-ce qu'ils allaient lâcher la réunion? lui, voulait entendre ce que les vieux diraient.