Since her niece no longer spoke, and remained there pale and feeble, her own life became intolerable, while the shop seemed to her like a tomb. What she required was to find some warm affection beside her, some liveliness, some caresses, something sweet and gay which would help her to wait peacefully for death.
Depuis que sa nièce ne parlait plus et restait là, pâle et affaiblie, l'existence devenait intolérable pour elle, la boutique lui paraissait un tombeau; elle aurait voulu une affection chaude autour d'elle, de la vie, des caresses, quelque chose de doux et de gai qui l'aidât à attendre paisiblement la mort.