Short lives, and even more lives of average duration, distressed him as being of ill omen.

But, when he encountered those of the dead who were notable for the length of their years, he joyfully drew from them the hope and probability of a long lease of life.
The hearse stopped in the middle of a side alley.

The clergy and the women stepped out of the coaches.

Delage received in his arms, from the top of the carriage steps, the worthy Madame Ravaud, who was getting a little ponderous, and of a sudden, half in jest, half in earnest, he made certain proposals to her.

She was no longer young, having been on the stage for half a century.