I smiled at the black gentleman, and said I thought we were going to have the carriage to ourselves; and he laughed pleasantly, and said that some people made such a fuss over a little thing.
Je souris au funebre personnage, et lui dis que, vraisemblablement, nous aurions le compartiment pour nous seuls. Il eut un rire aimable et me répondit que certaines personnes faisaient bien des chichis pour peu de chose.