Therese had become such a stranger to him, that he no longer felt her alive in his heart. He would have sold her, bound hand and foot, a hundred times over, to purchase calm for one hour.
Thérèse lui était devenue étrangère à ce point, qu'il ne l'entendait plus vivre dans sa poitrine; il l'aurait vendue et livrée cent fais pour acheter une heure de calme.