On the strength of it she bought a pair of yellow curtains with large stripes for her room, whose cheapness Monsieur Lheureux had commended; she dreamed of getting a carpet, and Lheureux, declaring that it wasn't "drinking the sea," politely undertook to supply her with one.
Aussi, elle acheta pour sa chambre une paire de rideaux jaunes à larges raies, dont M. Lheureux lui avait vanté le bon marché; elle rêva un tapis, et Lheureux, affirmant «que ce n’était pas la mer à boire», s’engagea poliment à lui en fournir un.