So as not to be taken by surprise in his emotion, he went and hid himself in a little dark corner; from which he gazed with rapture at the glittering backs of the books. 'I can read all of those,' he told himself.
Pour n’être pas surpris dans son émotion, il alla se cacher dans un petit coin sombre ; de là il contemplait avec ravissement le dos brillant des livres : Je pourrai lire tout cela, se disait-il.