Il termina son discours un peu plus tôt que de coutume, parce que, quoi qu’il pût faire, les larmes le gagnaient à un tel point qu’il ne pouvait plus prononcer d’une manière intelligible.
He ended his discourse a little sooner than was usual, because, in spite of his efforts to control them, his tears got the better of him to such a point that he was no longer able to pronounce his words in an intelligible manner.