No doubt he was yielding to one of those sudden crises of garrulity which sometimes made the past stir in him so violently that recollections rose and flowed from his lips for hours at a time.
Sans doute il cédait a une de ces crises soudaines de bavardage, qui, parfois, remuaient en lui le passé, si violemment, que des souvenirs remontaient et coulaient de ses levres, pendant des heures.