Just as if he were fifteen ! - the age one could easily have taken us to be at Sainte-Agathe, on the evening of the sweeping of the classrooms, when we three took that terrible childlike oath.
Quinze ans, il avait encore et tout de même quinze ans ! – l’âge que nous avions à Sainte-Agathe, le soir du balayage des classes, quand nous fîmes tous les trois ce terrible serment enfantin.