The idea of not gaining her bread, of being thus tolerated in her mother's house, like a useless animal that is in the way, was becoming every day more unbearable; and if it had not been for the fear of Chaval she would have gone down on Tuesday.
L'idée de ne pas gagner son pain, d'etre ainsi tolérée chez sa mere, comme une bete encombrante et inutile, lui devenait chaque jour plus intolérable; et, sans la peur de recevoir quelque mauvais coup de Chaval, elle serait redescendue des le mardi.