Jean, startled by his violence, was silent for a few seconds, tryingin the confusion of mind which comes of rage to hit on the thing, thephrase, the word, which might stab his brother to the heart.
Jean, surpris de cette violence, se tut quelques secondes, cherchant,dans ce trouble d'esprit où nous jette la fureur, la chose, la phrase,le mot, qui pourrait blesser son frère jusqu'au coeur.