Whenever Justice strikes a man her blow travels beyond him, fells innocent beings and kills them.
Madame Theodore came in, humble and timid, scared like a luckless creature whom life never wearies of persecuting.

She was becoming almost blind, and little Celine had to lead her.

The girl's fair, thin face wore its wonted expression of shrewd intelligence, and even now, however woeful her rags, it was occasionally brightened by a childish smile.
Pierre and Marie, who were both there, felt extremely touched.

Near them was Madame Mathis, young Victor's mother, who had come to help Mere-Grand with the mending of some house-linen.

She went out by the day in this fashion among a few families, and was thus enabled to give her son an occasional franc or two.