Then how many things had been spoilt or lost during their carriage from Tostes to Yonville, without counting the plaster cure, who falling out of the coach at an over-severe jolt, had been dashed into a thousand fragments on the pavements of Quincampoix!
Puis, que de choses endommagées ou perdues dans le transport de Tostes à Yonville, sans compter le curé de plâtre, qui, tombant de la charrette à un cahot trop fort, s’était écrasé en mille morceaux sur le pavé de Quincampoix!