It seemed to her that Therese and Laurent had bound her, riveted her to her armchair to prevent her springing up, and that they took atrocious pleasure in repeating to her, after gagging her to stifle her cries—
Il lui sembla que Thérèse et Laurent l'avaient liée, clouée sur son fauteuil pour l'empêcher de s'élancer, et qu'ils prenaient un atroce plaisir à lui répéter: