On any ordinary day, this question, put with all the brutality of a husband, would have troubled Madame de Renal, but she felt that her husband had only to lower his eyes a little to catch sight of Julien; for M. de Renal had flung himself upon the chair on which Julien had been sitting a moment earlier, facing the sofa.
Les jours ordinaires, cette question, faite avec toute la sécheresse conjugale, eût troublé Mme de Rênal, mais elle sentait que son mari n’avait qu’à se baisser un peu pour apercevoir Julien ; car M. de Rênal s’était jeté sur la chaise que Julien occupait un moment auparavant vis-à-vis le canapé.