Going home at night, Charles went over her words one by one, trying to recall them, to fill out their sense, that he might piece out the life she had lived before he knew her. But he never saw her in his thoughts other than he had seen her the first time, or as he had just left her.
Le soir, en s’en retournant, Charles reprit une à une les phrases qu’elle avait dites, tâchant de se les rappeler, d’en compléter le sens, afin de se faire la portion d’existence qu’elle avait vécu dans le temps qu’il ne la connaissait pas encore.