At last Leon swore he would not see Emma again, and he reproached himself with not having kept his word, considering all the worry and lectures this woman might still draw down upon him, without reckoning the jokes made by his companions as they sat round the stove in the morning.
Léon enfin avait juré de ne plus revoir Emma; et il se reprochait de n’avoir pas tenu sa parole, considérant tout ce que cette femme pourrait encore lui attirer d’embarras et de discours, sans compter les plaisanteries de ses camarades, qui se débitaient le matin, autour du poêle.