Beside him, a man with the dropsy was getting rid of his swelling, and making four or five female thieves, who were disputing at the same table, over a child who had been stolen that evening, hold their noses.
À côté, un hydropique se dégonflait, et faisait boucher le nez à quatre ou cinq larronnesses qui se disputaient à la même table un enfant volé dans la soirée.