At all hours of the day, when he sought to occupy his mind with some serious business, his thoughts would abandon everything, and he would come to himself a quarter of an hour later, his heart throbbing, his head confused, and dreaming of this one idea: 'Does she love me?'
À chaque instant, cherchant à s’occuper de quelque affaire sérieuse, sa pensée abandonnait tout, et il se réveillait un quart d’heure après, le cœur palpitant, la tête troublée, et rêvant à cette idée : M’aime-t-elle ?