But, little by little, his face resumed an agonized expression.

Then he crouched down and flew quicker than ever around the walls of the cell, uttering vague threats.
"More traps, all that! I thought as much.

Silence, you set of swindlers! Yes, you're making a fool of me.

It's for that that you're drinking and bawling inside there with your viragoes.

I'll demolish you, you and your cottage! Damnation! Will you leave me in peace ?" He clinched his fists; then he uttered a hoarse cry, stooping as he ran.
And he stuttered, his teeth chattering with fright.
"It's so that I may kill myself.