This was such a help to me, that for a good while I left off the wicked trade that I had so newly taken up; and gladly I would have got my bread by the help of my needle if I could have got work, but that was very hard to do for one that had no manner of acquaintance in the world.
Ceci fut pour moi un si grand secours que pendant un bon moment je cessai le vilain métier où je venais si nouvellement d'entrer; et bien volontiers j'eusse pris du travail, sinon qu'il était bien difficile d'en trouver à une qui n'avait point de connaissances.