Never till his sons came home had M. Roland invited her to join hisfishing expeditions, nor had he ever taken his wife; for he liked to putoff before daybreak, with his ally, Captain Beausire, a master marinerretired, whom he had first met on the quay at high tides and with whomhe had struck up an intimacy, and the old sailor Papagris, known as JeanBart, in whose charge the boat was left.
Jamais, avant le retour de ses fils, le père Roland ne l'avait invitée àses parties de pêche où il n'emmenait jamais non plus sa femme, caril aimait s'embarquer avant le jour, avec le capitaine Beausire, unlong-courrier retraité, rencontré aux heures de marée sur le port etdevenu intime ami, et le vieux matelot Papagris, surnomme Jean-Bart,chargé delà garde du bateau.