Thenardier was panting on his wall like the shipwrecked sufferers of the Meduse on their raft when they beheld the vessel which had appeared in sight vanish on the horizon.

• 德纳第待在墙头上，气促心跳，正象墨杜萨海船上的罹难者，待在木排上面，远远望见一条船，却又在天边消失了。