Tu pourrais ne lui dire qu’un mot, lui demander comment elle va. Cela doit être si cruel pour lui.» Mais mon père se fâchait: «Mais non! tu as des idées absurdes. Ce serait ridicule.» →
"You need only say a word; just ask him how she is. It must be so very hard for him." My father, however, was annoyed: "No, no; you have the most absurd ideas. It would be utterly ridiculous."