And as the half-choked mother asked if it was right to take away from her the only child who helped in the household, so intelligent and gentle, the doctor grew vexed.
Et, comme la mere, suffoquée, demandait si c'était raisonnable de prendre, avant elle, la seule enfant qui l'aidât au ménage, si intelligente, si douce, le docteur se fâcha.