He sat there with his thoughts for a while, Law on the one hand, and Poverty on the other, beholding a radiant vision of a woman rise above the dull, smouldering fire. Who would not have paused and questioned the future as Eugene was doing? who would not have pictured it full of success? His wondering thoughts took wings; he was transported out of the present into that blissful future;
Pentsamendu horiekin eta zohikatz-su baten ondoan, Kodearen eta miseriaren artean, sublime goratzen zen emakume horren aitzinean, nork ez zukeen Eugènek bezala etorkizuna gogoeta batez ikertu, nork ez zukeen etorkizun hori arrakastaz hornitu?