Julien had not wisdom enough to say to himself: 'I must venture all'; but as he looked up at the window of Mathilde's room, he could see through the shutters that she was putting out her light: he pictured to himself that charming room which he had seen, alas, once only in his life.
Julien n’eut pas assez de génie pour se dire : il faut oser ; mais comme il regardait la fenêtre de la chambre de Mathilde, il vit à travers les persiennes qu’elle éteignait sa lumière : il se figurait cette chambre charmante qu’il avait vue, hélas! une fois en sa vie.