What particularly exasperated her was the atrocious mockery of the young woman, who pretended she perceived expressions of mercy in her eyes, when she would have liked to have brought down fire from heaven on the head of the criminal.
Ce qui l'exaspéra surtout, ce fut l'atroce moquerie de la jeune femme qui prétendait lire des pensées de miséricorde dans ses regards, lorsque ses regards auraient voulu foudroyer la criminelle.