But the noise did not cease; his name went round from the first ranks, who had recognized him, to the last, lost beneath the beeches, and they refused to hear him; he was an overturned idol, the mere sight of him angered his old disciples.
Le bruit ne se calmait pas, son nom circulait, des premiers rangs qui l'avaient reconnu, aux derniers perdus sous les hetres; et l'on refusait de l'entendre, c'était une idole renversée, dont la vue seule fâchait ses anciens fideles.