Par une autre faiblesse de notre héros, que nous avouerons aussi naturellement que nous avons raconté sa peur dans le bureau de police au bout du pont, il avait les larmes aux yeux ; il était profondément attendri par le dévouement parfait qu’il rencontrait chez ces paysans : il pensait aussi à la bonté caractéristique de sa tante ; il eût voulu pouvoir faire la fortune de ces gens.
Owing to another weakness in our hero which we shall confess as naturally as we have related his fear in the police office at the end of the bridge, there were tears in his eyes; he was profoundly moved by the perfect devotion which he found among these contadini; he thought also of this characteristic generosity of his aunt; he would have liked to be able to make these people's fortune.