Old Bonnemort was near the cold fireplace, nailed to his chair ever since two neighbours, on the day of the slaughter, had found him on the ground, with his stick broken, struck down like an old thunder-stricken tree.
Le vieux Bonnemort était pres de la cheminée froide, cloué sur sa chaise, depuis que deux voisins, le jour de la tuerie, l'avaient trouvé par terre, sa canne en morceaux, abattu comme un vieil arbre foudroyé.