She kept up an interminable discourse to prove to Madame Raquin that she should live. She wept, she even became angry, bursting into her former fits of rage, opening the jaw of the paralysed woman as you open that of an animal which resists.
Elle lui tint d'interminables discours pour lui prouver qu'elle devait vivre; elle pleura, elle se fâcha même, retrouvant ses anciennes colères, ouvrant les mâchoires de la paralytique comme on ouvre celles d'un animal qui résiste.