The archdeacon was afraid of meeting some one there; he feared every human countenance; he had just avoided the University and the Bourg Saint−Germain; he wished to re−enter the streets as late as possible.
L’archidiacre craignit d’y rencontrer quelqu’un ; il avait peur de tout visage humain ; il venait d’éviter l’Université, le bourg Saint-Germain, il voulait ne rentrer dans les rues que le plus tard possible.