What care she had taken of her boy! What a tepid temperature he had been reared in! How she had coaxed and fondled him! And all this to see him one day miserably drown himself! At these thoughts Madame Raquin felt a tightening at the throat, and she hoped she was going to die, strangled by despair.
Que de soins, quelle enfance tiède, que de cajoleries et d'effusions tendres, tout cela pour le voir un jour se noyer misérablement! A ces pensées, Mme Raquin sentait sa gorge se serrer; elle espérait qu'elle allait mourir, étranglée par le désespoir.