And Pierre felt as though hecould hear him thinking; he guessed and understood, read in his avertedeyes and in the hesitancy of his tone, the words which rose to his lipsbut were not spoken--which the druggist was too timid or too prudent andcautious to utter.
Et Pierre croyait l'entendre penser,devinait, comprenait, lisait dans ses yeux détournés, dans le tonhésitant de sa voix, les phrases, qui lui venaient aux lèvres et qu'ilne disait pas, qu'il ne dirait point, lui si prudent, si timide, sicauteleux.