As he was going, he stopped a while, and speaks mighty earnestly to me about his business, and finds an opportunity to say very softly to me, 'Come away, my dear, as soon as ever you can.'
Comme il sortait, il s'arrêta un instant et me parle en grand sérieux de son affaire, et trouve occasion de me dire très doucement: --Venez me rejoindre, ma chérie, aussitôt que possible.