And suddenly his mother's voice and accent, his mother's as she smiledand said: "Thank you, my kind friend," flashed on his brain, so clearlythat he could have believed he heard her.
Et soudain l'intonation de sa mère, de sa mère qui souriait et disait:«Merci, mon ami,» lui traversa l'esprit, si nette qu'il crut l'entendre.