Il raisonna avec la geôlière, qui, ce matin-là, était fort tendre, et enfin tandis qu’armée d’une aiguille elle rétrécissait les habits du hussard, il raconta son histoire bien clairement à cette femme étonnée.
He argued with the gaoler's wife, who, that morning, was most affectionate; and finally, while armed with a needle she was taking in the hussar's uniform to fit him, he told his whole story in so many words to the astonished woman.