If Charles had but wished it, if he had guessed it, if his look had but once met her thought, it seemed to her that a sudden plenty would have gone out from her heart, as the fruit falls from a tree when shaken by a hand.
Si Charles l’avait voulu cependant, s’il s’en fût douté, si son regard, une seule fois, fût venu à la rencontre de sa pensée, il lui semblait qu’une abondance subite se serait détachée de son coeur, comme tombe la récolte d’un espalier quand on y porte la main.