The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
Des ténebres épaisses noyaient l'unique chambre du premier étage, comme écrasant de leur poids le sommeil des etres que l'on sentait la, en tas, la bouche ouverte, assommés de fatigue.