We would find the hammer for him, and then he would have lost sight of the mark he had made on the wall, where the nail was to go in, and each of us had to get up on the chair, beside him, and see if we could find it; and we would each discover it in a different place, and he would call us all fools, one after another, and tell us to get down.
On lui retrouvait son marteau, mais il ne distinguait plus la marque qu’il avait faite sur le mur, la ou il devait enfoncer le clou, et nous grimpions l’un apres l’autre sur la chaise a côté de lui, pour tâcher de la découvrir. Chacun la situait a une place différente, se faisait traiter d’imbécile, et s’entendait ordonner de descendre.