Hismother, as she took it from his hand, looked up at him for the firsttime for very long, and in the depths of her eyes there was the humbleexpression, gentle, sad, and beseeching, of a dog that has been beatenand begs forgiveness.
Samère, en la recevant de ses mains, le regarda pour la première foisdepuis bien longtemps, et elle avait au fond des yeux l'expression sihumble, si douce, si triste, si suppliante des pauvres chiens battus quidemandent grâce.