Était toujours dans. ‘ Toujours’ means (1) ‘always

‘ ever,’ as, — Il est toujours absent ; adieu, pour toujours ;

(2) ‘however,’ ‘ nevertheless,’ as in, — Je vais sortir, travaillez toujours, I am going ont, nevertheless work ;

(3) an idea of continuation of the action signified by the verb, which may often be rendered by ‘ keep ’ or ‘go,’ + infinitive, or by ‘ still ’ as in, — Il travailla' toujours pour rétablir ses affaires, He kept (went) on working to reestablish his business. C’est bien, mais lisez toujours, 'l’iiat is well, but go on reading. In the présent passage the third sense is iuvolved, and may be rendered by ‘ kept,’ or ‘ was still in.’