Hehad now no mother--for he could no longer love her now that he could notrevere her with that perfect, tender, and pious respect which a son'slove demands; no brother--since his brother was the child of a stranger;nothing was left him but his father, that coarse man whom he could notlove in spite of himself.
Plus demère, car il ne pourrait plus la chérir, ne la pouvant vénérer avec cerespect absolu, tendre et pieux, dont a besoin le coeur des fils; plusde frère, puisque ce frère était l'enfant d'un étranger; il ne luirestait qu'un père, ce gros homme, qu'il n'aimait pas, malgré lui.