Voilà-t-il pas que je rêvais que mon pauvre Octave était ressuscité et qu’il voulait me faire faire une promenade tous les jours!» Sa main se tendit vers son chapelet qui était sur la petite table, mais le sommeil recommençant ne lui laissa pas la force de l’atteindre: elle se rendormit, tranquillisée, et je sortis à pas de loup de la chambre sans qu’elle ni personne eût jamais appris ce que j’avais entendu. →
And I've been dreaming that my poor Octave had come back to life, and was trying to make me take a walk every day!" She stretched out a hand towards her rosary, which was lying on the small table, but sleep was once again getting the mastery, and did not leave her the strength to reach it; she fell asleep, calm and contented, and I crept out of the room on tiptoe, without either her or anyone's else ever knowing, from that day to this, what I had seen and heard.