Non, reprit-il, expliquant par ses paroles sa propre intonation, non, je ne les connais pas, je n’ai jamais voulu, j’ai toujours tenu à sauvegarder ma pleine indépendance; au fond je suis une tête jacobine, vous le savez. →
"No," he resumed, explaining by his words the tone in which they were uttered. "No, I do not know them; I have never wished to know them; I have always made a point of preserving complete independence; at heart, as you know, I am a bit of a Radical.