He was so excited by his admiration for the great qualities of Danton, Mirabeau, Carnot, who had contrived not to be crushed, that his eyes rested upon Mademoiselle de La Mole, but without his thinking of her, without his greeting her, almost without his seeing her.
Il était tellement animé par son admiration pour les grandes qualités de Danton, de Mirabeau, de Carnot, qui ont su n’être pas vaincus, que ses yeux s’arrêtèrent sur Mlle de La Mole, mais sans songer à elle, sans la saluer, sans presque la voir.