Can anyone feature a man doing that for hours on end?
If they didn't believe they could go see for themselves.
On getting up the next morning, Gervaise promised herself she would not return to the Sainte-Anne again.

What use would it be?
She did not want to go off her head also.

However, every ten minutes, she fell to musing and became absent-minded.

It would be curious though, if he were still throwing his legs about.

When twelve o'clock struck, she could no longer resist; she started off and did not notice how long the walk was, her brain was so full of her desire to go and the dread of what awaited her.
Oh! there was no need for her to ask for news.