Mary did look up, and she did stare at me: the ladle with which she was basting a pair of chickens roasting at the fire, did for some three minutes hang suspended in air; and for the same space of time John's knives also had rest from the polishing process: but Mary, bending again over the roast, said only--
Pendant quelques minutes elle tint suspendue en l'air la cuiller dont elle se servait pour arroser deux poulets qui cuisaient devant le feu, et John cessa de polir ses couteaux. Enfin Marie, se penchant vers son rôti, me dit simplement: