She begged Julien to begin over again the story of his life in the Seminary: 'Yesterday I was not listening to you, I was thinking, while you were speaking, only of how I was to bring myself to send you away.'
Elle pria Julien de recommencer le récit de sa vie au séminaire ; hier je ne t’écoutais pas, je ne songeais, pendant que tu parlais, qu’à obtenir de moi de te renvoyer.