He said to himself that as his father, the Jeufosse peasant, could not make up his mind to die, he would perhaps have to remain a clerk another ten years, eating in cheap restaurants, and living in a garret.
Il se disait que son père, le paysan de Jeufosse, ne se décidait pas à mourir; il lui faudrait peut-être rester encore dix ans employé; mangeant dans les crémeries, vivant sans femme dans un grenier.