'Ah !' he said, 'there you are' (as if he had watched for a chance of justifying his behaviour and the despair into which he had sunk). 'There you are: there is nothing left. . .'
– Ah ! dit-il, tu vois… (comme s’il eût guetté une occasion de justifier sa conduite et le désespoir où il avait sombré) tu vois : il n’y a plus rien…