—«Il y a dans les nuages ce soir des violets et des bleus bien beaux, n’est-ce pas, mon compagnon, dit-il à mon père, un bleu surtout plus floral qu’aérien, un bleu de cinéraire, qui surprend dans le ciel. →
"There are tints in the clouds this evening, violets and blues, which are very beautiful, are they not, my friend?" he said to my father. "Especially a blue which is far more floral than atmospheric, a cineraria blue, which it is surprising to see in the sky.