She went back, I heard afterward, to her countryside, greatly saddened by her sister's death, but with a sadness which was somewhat lightened by the investment at four and a half per cent which she had been able to make.
Elle retourna, m'a-t-on dit depuis, à sa campagne, emportant de la mort de sa sœur une grande tristesse que compensait néanmoins le placement à quatre et demi qu'elle venait de faire.