And the wretch craned his neck which was burning him. He wanted Therese to kiss the scar, convinced that the lips of this woman would appease the thousand pricks lacerating his flesh, and with raised chin he presented his extended neck for the embrace.
Et le misérable tendait son cou qui le brûlait, il désirait que Thérèse le baisât sur la cicatrice, il comptait que le baiser de cette femme apaiserait les mille piqûres qui lui déchiraient la chair. Le menton levé, le cou en avant, il s'offrait.