But he did not dare, intimidated before her, only having known girls on the streets at Lille of the lowest order, and not realizing how one ought to behave with a work-girl still living with her family.
Mais il n'osait pas, intimidé devant elle, n'ayant eu a Lille que des filles, et de l'espece la plus basse, ignorant comment on devait s'y prendre avec une ouvriere encore dans sa famille.