For my own part, I had been so struck by the furious manner in which these belated travellers were approaching, that I had continued to watch them with all sorts of vague hopes within me, which I did not dare to put into words for fear of adding to my uncle's disappointments.
Quant à moi, j'avais été si frappé de l'allure furieuse à laquelle arrivaient les retardataires, que j'étais resté à les regarder avec une sorte de vague espoir, dont je n'osais rien dire, par la crainte de causer à mon oncle un nouveau désappointement.