They happened to be all at table but the father; as for me, I was ill, and in my chamber. At the beginning of the talk, which was just as they had finished their dinner, the old gentlewoman, who had sent me somewhat to eat, called her maid to go up and ask me if I would have any more; but the maid brought down word I had not eaten half what she had sent me already.
Ils se trouvaient être tous à table, à l'exception du père; pour moi, j'étais malade, et dans ma chambre; au commencement de la conversation, la vieille dame qui m'avait envoyé d'un plat à manger, pria sa servante de monter me demander si j'en voulais davantage; mais la servante redescendit lui dire que je n'avais pas mangé la moitié de ce qu'elle m'avait envoyé déjà.