Il n’eut garde d’abandonner la petite ruse qui lui avait si bien réussi, il aspirait à écrire des lettres, et feignait à chaque instant de ne pas bien saisir les mots dont Clélia exposait successivement à ses yeux toutes les lettres.
He had no thought of abandoning the little ruse which had proved so successful, his aim was to write real letters, and he pretended at every moment not to understand the words of which Clelia was holding up each letter in turn before his eyes.