As to Laurent, he had decidedly become a poltroon since the night he had taken fright when passing before the cellar door. Previous to that incident he had lived with the confidence of a brute; now, at the least sound, he trembled and turned pale like a little boy.
Quant à Laurent, il était devenu décidément poltron depuis le soir où il avait eu peur en passant devant la porte de la cave; auparavant, il vivait avec des confiances de brute; maintenant, au moindre bruit, il tremblait, il pâlissait, comme un petit garçon.