There, one of them kept a close watch over him, and if the honour of the noble family required that the adventure should have a tragic ending, it was easy to end everything with one of those poisons which leave no trace; then, they would say that he had died a natural death, and would take his dead body back to his room.
Là, un domestique le gardait à vue, et si l’honneur de la noble famille exigeait que l’aventure eût une fin tragique, il était facile de tout finir avec ces poisons qui ne laissent point de traces ; alors, on disait qu’il était mort de maladie, et on le transportait mort dans sa chambre.