I had forgotten to draw my curtain, which I usually did, and also to let down my window-blind. The consequence was, that when the moon, which was full and bright (for the night was fine), came in her course to that space in the sky opposite my casement, and looked in at me through the unveiled panes, her glorious gaze roused me.
J'avais oublié de fermer mon rideau et de baisser ma jalousie; la nuit était belle, la lune pleine et brillante, et, lorsque ses rayons vinrent frapper sur ma fenêtre, leur éclat, que rien ne voilait, me réveilla.