He had hardened himself against adversity.−−−"Continue!" he had said for the third time, to his comedians, speaking machines; then as he was marching with great strides in front of the marble table, a fancy seized him to go and appear in his turn at the aperture of the chapel, were it only for the pleasure of making a grimace at that ungrateful populace.−−"But no, that would not be worthy of us; no, vengeance! let us combat until the end," he repeated to himself; "the power of poetry over people is great; I will bring them back.
Puis se promenant à grands pas devant la table de marbre, il lui prenait des fantaisies d’aller apparaître à son tour à la lucarne de la chapelle, ne fût-ce que pour avoir le plaisir de faire la grimace à ce peuple ingrat. « Mais non, cela ne serait pas digne de nous ; pas de vengeance ! luttons jusqu’à la fin, se répétait-il.