The thought that she had just escaped from death almost made her faint with terror. She closed her eyes; then she shivered at the touch of a hand on her sleeve; it was Felicite.
L’idée qu’elle venait d’échapper à la mort faillit la faire s’évanouir de terreur; elle ferma les yeux; puis elle tressaillit au contact d’une main sur sa manche: c’était Félicité.