This look astonished Madame Derville, and would have surprised her far more could she have guessed its full meaning; she would have read in it a vague hope of the most terrible revenge.
Ce regard étonna Mme Derville, et l’eût surprise bien davantage si elle en eût deviné la véritable expression ; elle y eût lu comme un espoir vague de la plus atroce vengeance.