One corner of the table was free; but the mother only was eating there. The three children were satisfied with their knees; and all the time the little boy with silent voracity looked, without saying anything, at the brawn, excited by the greasy paper.
Un coin de la table fut débarrassé; mais la mere seule y mangea, les trois enfants se contenterent de leurs genoux; et, tout le temps, le petit garçon, qui était d'une voracité muette, se tourna sans rien dire vers le fromage de cochon, dont le papier gras le surexcitait.