However, I gaily related to him how I had come, where I had spent the night, and that I was very surprised to see Madame Meaulnes preparing for her son's departure.
Cependant, je lui racontais avec gaieté comment j’étais venu, où j’avais passé la nuit et que j’avais été bien surpris de voir Mme Meaulnes préparer le départ de son fils…