His father, the peasant of Jeufosse, seemed determined not to die, and Laurent said to himself that he might have to wait a long time for the inheritance. He even feared that this inheritance might escape him, and go into the pockets of one of his cousins, a great big fellow who turned the soil over to the keen satisfaction of the old boy.
Son père, le paysan de Jeufosse, s'entêtant à ne pas mourir, il se disait que l'héritage pouvait se faire longtemps attendre; il craignait même que cet héritage ne lui échappât et n'allât dans les poches d'un de ses cousins, grand gaillard qui piochait la terre à la vive satisfaction du vieux Laurent.