Ses craintes se changerent alors en certitude, il bondit en avant ; mais il ne vit rien, rien en dehors des cendres encore brulantes. Le pere, la fille, les animaux eux-memes, tout avait disparu.
With his fears all changed to convictions, he hurried on. There was no living creature near the remains of the fire: animals, man, maiden, all were gone.