As for himself, he had never seen the blockade so complete; he heard his stomach sounding a parley, and he considered it very much out of place that evil destiny should capture his philosophy by famine.
Quant à lui, il n’avait jamais vu le blocus si complet ; il entendait son estomac battre la chamade, et il trouvait très déplacé que le mauvais destin prît sa philosophie par la famine.