It happened one day that he came running upstairs, towards the room where his sisters used to sit and work, as he often used to do; and calling to them before he came in, as was his way too, I, being there alone, stepped to the door, and said, 'Sir, the ladies are not here, they are walked down the garden.'
Il arriva, un jour, qu'il monta tout courant l'escalier vers la chambre où ses soeurs se tenaient d'ordinaire pour coudre, comme il le faisait souvent, et, les appelant de loin avant d'entrer, comme il en avait aussi coutume, moi, étant là, seule, j'allai à la porte et dis: