We went to a good many shops, adopting this principle at each one; and the consequence was that, by the time we had finished, we had as fine a collection of boys with baskets following us around as heart could desire; and our final march down the middle of the High Street, to the river, must have been as imposing a spectacle as Marlow had seen for many a long day.
Dans toutes les boutiques, nous adoptâmes ce principe, si bien qu’a la fin, nous eumes pour escorte la plus belle collection de garçons de courses que l’on put désirer. Notre descente finale au milieu de la grand-rue jusqu’au fleuve dut offrir le plus imposant spectacle qu’on eut vu a Marlow depuis longtemps.