That distress, that deformity, that abandonment, the thought of his young brother, the idea which suddenly occurred to him, that if he were to die, his dear little Jehan might also be flung miserably on the plank for foundlings,−−all this had gone to his heart simultaneously; a great pity had moved in him, and he had carried off the child.
Cette détresse, cette difformité, cet abandon, la pensée de son jeune frère, la chimère qui frappa tout à coup son esprit que, s’il mourait, son cher petit Jehan pourrait bien aussi, lui, être jeté misérablement sur la planche des enfants-trouvés, tout cela lui était venu au cœur à la fois, une grande pitié s’était remuée en lui, et il avait emporté l’enfant.