It was he who gave out the work in the office where Camille had found employment, and the latter showed him certain respect. Camille, in his day dreams, had said to himself that Grivet would one day die, and that he would perhaps take his place at the end of a decade or so.
C'était lui qui distribuait la besogne aux employés du bureau de Camille, et celui-ci lui témoignait un certain respect; dans ses rêves, il se disait que Grivet mourrait un jour, qu'il le remplacerait peut-être, au bout d'une dizaine d'années.