The murderer being ceaselessly thrust, so to say, against the man he had killed, ended by experiencing a strange sensation that very nearly drove him out of his mind. By being so constantly compared to Camille, by making use of the different articles Camille had used, he imagined he was Camille himself, that he was identical with his victim.
Sans cesse heurté contre l'homme qu'il avait tué, le meurtrier finit par éprouver une sensation bizarre qui faillit le rendre fou; il s'imagina, à force d'être comparé à Camille, de se servir des objets dont Camille s'était servi, qu'il était Camille, qu'il s'identifiait avec sa victime.