M. de Renal did not leave the house that morning; he was incessantly going up and downstairs, engaged in striking bargains with certain peasants, to whom he was selling his potato crop.
M. de Rênal ne sortit pas ce matin-là ; il montait et descendait sans cesse dans la maison, occupé à faire des marchés avec des paysans, auxquels il vendait sa récolte de pommes de terre.