It is well that he had only promised to stay a week, for, if it had been a month, he would have died of cold and hunger before his pride would have let him come home.
Heureusement, il n'avait parlé que de tenir une semaine, car s'il s'était agi d'un mois, il serait mort de froid et de faim, avant que son orgueil lui permît de retourner à la maison.