Then, on the left of the passage, near the kitchen, was the general refectory, with two long tables, covered with oilcloth, and surrounded by straggling chairs, whose straw seats were badly damaged.

Puis, à gauche de l’allée, près de la cuisine, se trouvait le réfectoire commun, deux longues tables recouvertes de toile cirée, et qu’une débandade de chaises à demi dépaillées entourait.

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She watched the finger of her aunt gliding over the oilcloth, and it seemed to her that this finger traced her name, and the confession of her crime in letters of fire.

Elle regardait les doigts de sa tante glisser sur la toile cirée, et il lui semblait que ces doigts traçaient son nom et l'aveu de son crime en caractères de feu.

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And he gazed at the oilcloth table cover as if he had been listening.

Et il regarda sur la toile cirée, comme il aurait prêté l'oreille.

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They had brought the lamp-shade very low down, so that the oilcloth table covering alone was lit up.

Ils avaient baissé très bas l'abat-jour de la lampe; la toile cirée seule était éclairée.

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When the party was complete, Madame Raquin poured out the tea. Camille emptied the box of dominoes on the oilcloth table cover, and everyone became deeply interested in their hands.

Quand la réunion se trouvait au complet, Mme Raquin versait le thé, Camille vidait la boite de dominos sur la toile cirée, chacun s'enfonçait dans son jeu.

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