Julien's melancholy, assisted by the indifferent food supplied to the Seminary by the contractor for dinners at 83 centimes a head, was beginning to have an effect on his health, when one morning Fouque suddenly appeared in his room.
La mélancolie de Julien, aidée par la médiocre nourriture que fournissait au séminaire l’entrepreneur des dîners à 83 centimes, commençait à influer sur sa santé, lorsqu’un matin Fouqué parut tout à coup dans sa chambre.