' I was wrong to take you at all,' he often said; ' I do not like disobedient souls.'

--J'ai eu tort de vous accepter, répétait-il souvent; je ne veux que des âmes obéissantes.

Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans

La Conquete des Plassans

Zola, Emile

The Conquest of Plassans

Zola, Emile

He whom she thought so disobedient had obeyed but too well at last.

Lui qu’elle trouvait si désobéissant, il venait de trop obéir.

Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre

L'Oeuvre

Zola, Emile

His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile

Then she seized him by the wrists, and spoke to him as to a disobedient animal.

Alors, elle lui saisit les poignets et lui parla comme à une bête révoltée.

Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille

Pot-Bouille

Zola, Emile

Pot-Bouille

Zola, Emile

He shook his head, and said that the boy had been impudent and disobedient, ever since he bought him; that he was going to break him in, once for all.

Il secoua la tête. «Le maître de l’enfant assure, dit-il, qu’il a toujours été insolent et indocile: il veut le rompre une fois pour toutes.»

Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom

La case de l'oncle Tom

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Beecher Stowe, Harriet