"It was about this time of the year, on the evening of a day like this, that I first met Marguerite," said Armand to me, as if he were listening to his own thoughts rather than to what I was saying.
--C'est à peu près à cette époque de l'année et le soir d'un jour comme celui-ci que je connus Marguerite, me dit Armand, écoutant ses propres pensées et non ce que je lui disais.