The old woman bedewed them with spirits; they recovered-they began to speak. At first they could express themselves only in broken accents; their questions and answers were alternately interrupted with sighs, tears, and exclamations.
La vieille les accable d'eaux spiritueuses, ils reprennent leurs sens, ils se parlent: ce sont d'abord des mots entrecoupés, des demandes et des réponses qui se croisent, des soupirs, des larmes, des cris.