She was irritated by an ill-served dish or by a half-open door; bewailed the velvets she had not, the happiness she had missed, her too exalted dreams, her narrow home.
Elle s’irritait d’un plat mal servi ou d’une porte entrebâillée, gémissait du velours qu’elle n’avait pas, du bonheur qui lui manquait, de ses rêves trop hauts, de sa maison trop étroite.