Looking from her bed at the clean fire that was burning, she still saw, as she had down there, Leon standing up with one hand behind his cane, and with the other holding Athalie, who was quietly sucking a piece of ice.
Regardant de son lit le feu clair qui brûlait, elle voyait encore, comme là-bas, Léon debout, faisant plier d’une main sa badine et tenant de l’autre Athalie, qui suçait tranquillement un morceau de glace.