The part of his neck where the scar appeared, seemed to him to no longer belong to his body; it was like foreign flesh that had been stuck in this place, a piece of poisoned meat that was rotting his own muscles.
Le morceau de son cou où se trouvait la cicatrice ne lui semblait plus appartenir à son corps; c'était comme de la chair étrangère qu'on aurait collée en cet endroit, comme une chair empoisonnée qui pourrissait ses propres muscles.