The same day, Therese took advantage of the absence of Laurent, to send the large kitchen knife, with which they were in the habit of breaking the loaf sugar, and which was very much notched, to be sharpened.

Le même jour, Thérèse profita de l'absence de Laurent pour faire repasser un grand couteau de cuisine, avec lequel on cassait le sucre, et qui était fort ébréché.

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Therese Raquin

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Therese Raquin

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But the sugar-loaves rolling down the gangway, the greenis-h water flowing beneath the arches of the bridge, the crowd of idlers and the houses all soon grew hazy and disappeared, and he fell into a reverie.

Mais les pains qui coulaient dans les rigoles, l'eau verte dont le flot continu entrait sous les arches, les badauds, les maisons, tout se brouilla bientôt, se noya au fond d'une rêverie invincible.

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Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

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His Excellency

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And when she had left him he at last made his way across the bridge, slackening his steps as he went in order to watch the landing of the sugar-loaves at the Port Saint-Nicholas.

Quand elle l'eut quitté, il traversa enfin le pont, ralentissant sa marche, s'intéressant de nouveau aux pains de sucre qu'on déchargeait sur le port Saint-Nicolas.

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Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

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His Excellency

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As he listened to Madame Correur he watched some men unloading a barge laden with sugar-loaves, which they rolled down a gangway formed of a couple of planks.

Tout en écoutant Mme Correur, il s'intéressait à une péniche chargée de pains de sucre; des hommes la déchargeaient, en faisant glisser les pains le long d'une rigole formée de deux planches.

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Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

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His Excellency

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