She was about to enter, but at the sound of the bell someone might come, and slipping in by the gate, holding her breath, feeling her way along the walls, she went as far as the door of the kitchen, where a candle stuck on the stove was burning.
Il n’y avait personne. Elle allait entrer; mais, au bruit de la sonnette, on pouvait venir; et, se glissant par la barrière, retenant son haleine, tâtant les murs, elle s’avança jusqu’au seuil de la cuisine, où brûlait une chandelle posée sur le fourneau.