He little knew that M. Pirard had received and had flung in the fire several letters bearing the Dijon postmark, letters in which, despite the most conventional style and language, the most intense passion was apparent.
Il ne savait pas que M. Pirard avait reçu et jeté au feu quelques lettres timbrées de Dijon, et où, malgré les formes du style le plus convenable, perçait la passion la plus vive.