He made the child swear not to sleep out, as had sometimes happened when he forgot himself in his hay, and taking a candle-end, he went away first, leaving him to pursue quietly his domestic affairs.
Il fit jurer a l'enfant de ne pas découcher, comme il lui arrivait de le faire, lorsqu'il s'oubliait dans son foin; et, prenant un bout de chandelle, il s'en alla le premier, il le laissa ranger tranquillement son ménage.