Laurent waited fully half an hour. He knew that his wife always went by the Rue Mazarine; nevertheless, at one moment, he remembered that she might escape him by taking the Rue de Seine, and he thought of returning to the arcade, and concealing himself in the corridor of the house.
Laurent attendit une grande demi-heure, il savait que sa femme s'en allait toujours par la rue Mazarine; un moment, pourtant, il craignit qu'elle ne lui eût échappé en prenant la rue de Seine.