She called all the miners her children; and grew tender at the thought of the flood of beer which she had poured out for them during the last thirty years; and she boasted also that a putter never became pregnant without having first stretched her legs at her establishment.
Elle appelait tous les charbonniers ses enfants, attendrie a l'idée du fleuve de biere qu'elle leur versait depuis trente années; et elle se vantait aussi que pas une herscheuse ne devenait grosse, sans s'etre, a l'avance, dégourdi les jambes chez elle.