Then the man and the woman insisted so much on his putting up at the farm and not starting before broad daylight, that Meaulnes in the end accepted, and walked out to fetch his mare and put her up in the stable.
Alors l’homme et la femme insistèrent si longtemps pour qu’il restât coucher et repartît seulement au grand jour, que Meaulnes finit par accepter et sortit chercher sa jument pour la rentrer à l’écurie.