There was a great uproar of laundresses; they screamed, and talked, and sang from morning till night along the beach, and beat a great deal of linen there, just as in our day.
Il y avait grand vacarme de blanchisseuses, elles criaient, parlaient, chantaient du matin au soir le long du bord, et y battaient fort le linge, comme de nos jours.