En donnant de l’éperon à son cheval, il avait eu quelque espoir que c’était sa bonne cantinière du matin ; les chevaux et les petites charrettes se ressemblaient fort, mais la propriétaire était tout autre, et notre héros lui trouva l’air fort méchant.
When he put spurs to his horse, he had had some hope that it might be his good cantinière of the morning; the horse and the little cart bore a strong resemblance, but their owner was quite different, and our hero thought her appearance most forbidding.