Moreover, at that moment the sun appeared, and such a flood of light overflowed the horizon that one would have said that all the points in Paris, spires, chimneys, gables, had simultaneously taken fire.
D’ailleurs en cet instant le soleil parut, et un tel flot de lumière déborda par-dessus l’horizon qu’on eût dit que toutes les pointes de Paris, flèches, cheminées, pignons, prenaient feu à la fois.