Led by her, I passed from compartment to compartment, from passage to passage, of a large and irregular building; till, emerging from the total and somewhat dreary silence pervading that portion of the house we had traversed, we came upon the hum of many voices, and presently entered a wide, long room, with great deal tables, two at each end, on each of which burnt a pair of candles, and seated all round on benches, a congregation of girls of every age, from nine or ten to twenty.
Elle me conduisit de pièce en pièce, de corridor en corridor, à travers une maison grande et irrégulièrement bâtie. Un silence absolu, qui m'effrayait un peu, régnait dans cette partie que nous venions de traverser.