He lifted his hand and opened his eyelids; gazed blank, and with a straining effort, on the sky, and toward the amphitheatre of trees: one saw that all to him was void darkness.
Il étendit la main, ouvrit ses paupières, regarda autour de lui, et, faisant un grand effort, dirigea ses yeux vers le ciel et les arbres: je vis bien que tout pour lui était obscurité.