Assis sur son rocher isolé, n’ayant plus à se tenir en garde contre les agents de la police, protégé par la nuit profonde et le vaste silence, de douces larmes mouillèrent ses yeux, et il trouva là, à peu de frais, les moments les plus heureux qu’il eût goûtés depuis longtemps.
Seated on his isolated rock, having no longer any need to be on his guard against the police, protected by the profound night and the vast silence, gentle tears moistened his eyes, and he found there, with little or no effort, the happiest moments that he had tasted for many a day.