At the end of six months, when the house, being definitely furnished, no longer occupied Madame Hennebeau, she fell into the languor of boredom, a victim who was being killed by exile, and who said that she was glad to die of it.Just then Paul Négrel arrived at Montsou.
Au bout des six mois, quand l'hôtel, définitivement meublé, n'occupa plus madame Hennebeau, elle tomba a une langueur d'ennui, en victime que l'exil tuerait et qui se disait heureuse d'en mourir. *p Justement, Paul Négrel débarquait a Montsou.