Sublime

Il m’accueillit avec la froide courtoisie de ceux qui reçoivent sans arrêt des requêtes,

Cyrille ne se connaissait pas encore, il lui faudrait confronter, au fil des ans, son âme à la vie pour découvrir de quel or, de quelle misère, de quel toc elle était faite.

“You’re an artist,” her boyfriend Pablo

He really had been through death, but he had returned because he could not bear the solitude.

tribulation,

son vieil ami d'Argilat qui, malade,

he was so useful and he was so gentle that people had been obliged to honor and respect him. His workmen, in particular, adored him, and he endured this adoration with a sort of melancholy gravity.