Victor Hugo: "Dia menangkapnya, dia jatuh, dia menangkapnya dalam pelu...

"Dia menangkapnya, dia jatuh, dia menangkapnya dalam pelukannya, dia memeluknya erat-erat tanpa sadar tentang apa yang dia lakukan. Dia mengangkatnya, meskipun terhuyung-huyung. Dia merasa seolah-olah kepalanya dipenuhi asap; kilatan cahaya menyelinap melalui kelopak matanya; pikirannya lenyap; baginya bahwa dia melakukan tindakan keagamaan, dan bahwa dia melakukan pencemaran nama baik. Terlebih lagi, dia tidak merasakan satu hasrat untuk wanita yang menggairahkan ini, yang bentuknya dia rasakan terhadap hatinya. Dia tersesat dalam cinta."

--- Victor Hugo

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her up, though tottering himself. He felt as if his head were filled with smoke; flashes of light slipped through his eyelids; his thoughts vanished; it seemed to him that he was performing a religious act, and that he was committing a profanation. Moreover, he did not feel one passionate desire for this ravishing woman, whose form he felt against his heart. He was lost in love.