He saw her hair and her throat of alabaster; for a moment he forgot all that he owed to himself; he slipped his arm round her waist, and almost hugged her to his bosom.
Il voyait ses cheveux et son cou d’albâtre ; un moment il oublia tout ce qu’il se devait ; il passa le bras autour de sa taille, et la serra presque contre sa poitrine.