He received the reply to the secret note that he had brought, and hastened to Paris; but he had barely been by himself for two days on end, before the thought of leaving France and Mathilde seemed to him a punishment worse than death itself.
Il reçut la réponse à la note secrète qu’il avait apportée, et courut vers Paris ; mais à peine eut-il été seul deux jours de suite, que quitter la France et Mathilde lui parut un supplice pire que la mort.