"Of course," answered the old man, with that frank brutality he had acquired in the performance of his former functions, "I have noticed for some time past that Therese has been looking sour, and I know very well why her face is quite yellow and overspread with grief."
—Pardieu, lui répondit le vieillard avec la brutalité franche de ses anciennes fonctions, je m'aperçois depuis longtemps que Thérèse boude, et je sais bien pourquoi elle a ainsi la figure toute jaune et toute chagrine.