Slender for her fifteen years, all that showed of her limbs outside the narrow sheath of her chemise were her bluish feet, as it were tattooed with coal, and her slight arms, the milky whiteness of which contrasted with the sallow tint of her face, already spoilt by constant washing with black soap.
Fluette pour ses quinze ans, elle ne montrait de ses membres, hors du fourreau étroit de sa chemise, que des pieds bleuis, comme tatoués de charbon, et des bras délicats, dont la blancheur de lait tranchait sur le teint bleme du visage, déja gâté par les continuels lavages au savon noir.