"Then," resumed he, "mad, desperate, determined to get rid of an existence from which she had stolen everything, honor and happiness, my poor brother returned to Lille, and learning the sentence which had condemned me in his place, surrendered himself, and hanged himself that same night from the iron bar of the loophole of his prison.
«Alors, reprit celui-ci, fou, désespéré, décidé à se débarrasser d'une existence à laquelle elle avait tout enlevé, honneur et bonheur, mon pauvre frère revint à Lille, et apprenant l'arrêt qui m'avait condamné à sa place, se constitua prisonnier et se pendit le même soir au soupirail de son cachot.