Only, the way she was taking care of him, she would certainly finish him.
When Gervaise saw that Coupeau was out of danger, she ceased guarding his bedside with so much jealous fierceness.

Now, they could no longer kill him, and she let people approach without mistrust.

The family invaded the room.

The convalescence would be a very long one; the doctor had talked of four months.

Then, during the long hours the zinc-worker slept, the Lorilleux talked of Gervaise as of a fool.