It was Madame de Renal who had come in to town and, running upstairs four steps at a time and leaving her children occupied with a favourite rabbit that they had brought with them, had reached Julien's room a minute in advance of them.
C’était Mme de Rênal, qui avait fait un voyage à la ville, et qui, montant les escaliers quatre à quatre et laissant ses enfants occupés d’un lapin favori qui était du voyage, était parvenue à la chambre de Julien, un instant avant eux.