A favourite subject of conversation was afforded by the experiences of old Michaud who was plied with questions respecting the strange and sinister adventures with which he must have been connected in the discharge of his former functions.
Un des grands sujets de conversation était de parler au vieux Michaud de ses anciennes fonctions, de le questionner sur les étranges et sinistres aventures auxquelles il avait dû être mêlé.