By great luck I had an old silver spoon in my pocket, which I pulled out, and told him I had carried that spoon to match it with half a dozen of new ones, that it might match some I had in the country.
Par chance grande j'avais dans ma poche une vieille cuiller d'argent que j'en tirai, et lui dis que j'avais emporté cette cuiller afin d'acheter les pareilles neuves, pour compléter le service que j'avais à la campagne.