People wanted them to sit on the grass, and the grass was dusty; and the tree-trunks, against which they were invited to lean, did not appear to have been brushed for weeks; so they spread their handkerchiefs on the ground and sat on those, bolt upright.
On voulait les faire asseoir sur l’herbe, et elles trouvaient l’herbe poussiéreuse. Quant aux troncs d’arbres, contre lesquels on les invitait a s’appuyer, ils n’avaient pas du etre brossés depuis des semaines.