The priest still lingered on the settee when the Baroness rose. She had seen magistrate Amadieu hurriedly enter like one who just wished to show himself, purchase some trifle, and then return to the Palace of Justice.

Le prêtre resta sur la banquette, quand la baronne dut se lever en voyant arriver le juge d’instruction Amadieu, très pressé ayant hâte de faire acte de présence et d’acheter un menu objet avant de retourner au Palais.

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Les Trois Villes - Paris

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The Three Cities - Paris

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On the central settee, two personages, one of them fat and the other thin, and both of them decorated with the Legion of Honour, sat talking, reclining against the velvet, and looking at the pictures in front of them.

Sur le pouf central, deux personnages, un gros et un mince, décorés tous les deux, causaient, renversés contre le dossier de velours, regardant les tableaux, en face.

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His Masterpiece

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On a circular settee in the centre of the gallery, from which sprang a sheaf of tropical foliage, there sat three ladies, three monstrously fat creatures, attired in an abominable fashion, who had settled there to indulge in a whole day's backbiting.

Le pouf circulaire, placé au centre, et d’où jaillissait une gerbe de plantes vertes, n’était occupé que par trois dames, trois monstres, abominablement mises, installées pour une journée de médisances.

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His Masterpiece

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On the circular settee several men were lounging with their knees crossed and their eyes sleepily closed, while a continual flow of visitors brushed against their feet as it streamed past.

Des messieurs, renversés autour du pouf circulaire, les jambes croisées, fermaient les yeux d'un air somnolent; tandis que, s'accrochant à leurs pieds tendus, un continuel défilé de visiteurs tournait devant eux.

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Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

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His Excellency

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Alone on the little settee where at noon already they had been talking about their private affairs, the two decorated gentlemen were still chatting quietly, with their minds a hundred leagues away from the place.

Seuls, sur le pouf où ils se contaient déjà leurs histoires, dès midi, les deux messieurs décorés causaient toujours tranquillement, à cent lieues.

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And thus it was almost like a respite when she suddenly perceived Abbe Froment sitting and waiting for her on a settee, covered with red velvet, near her stall.

Et ce fut pour elle un répit que d’apercevoir l’abbé Pierre Froment, qui l’attendait, assis sur une banquette de velours rouge, près du comptoir.

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Les Trois Villes - Paris

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The Three Cities - Paris

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Every eye was turned anxiously and supplicatingly towards the settees laden with people.

Tous les yeux, inquiets et suppliants, guettaient les banquettes chargées de monde.

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His Masterpiece

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