What is to be done?' And thus she ran on for a great while; nor had I any power to speak, or if I had, did I know what to say, for every word wounded me to the soul.
Et ainsi elle se lamenta longtemps, et je n'avais point le pouvoir de parler, et si je l'avais eu, je n'aurais su quoi dire, car chaque parole me blessait jusqu'à l'âme.