As we were coming in without uttering a word and Father was leading the cart towards the farm, Grandfather, who had lit his candle again, called out from his room : 'Has that traveller come back then?'
Du fond de sa chambre où il avait rallumé la bougie, tandis que nous rentrions sans rien dire et que mon père conduisait la voiture à la ferme, mon grand-père appelait : – Alors ? Est-il rentré, ce voyageur ?