When at eleven o'clock Charles came back from the chemist's shop, whither he had gone after dinner to return the remainder of the sticking-plaster, he found his wife standing by the cradle.
Quand Charles, à onze heures du soir, revint de la pharmacie (où il avait été remettre, après le dîner, ce qui lui restait du diachylum), il trouva sa femme debout auprès du berceau.