Elizabeth hesitated, but her knees trembled under her and she felt how little would be gained by her attempting to pursue them. Calling back the servant, therefore, she commissioned him, though in so breathless an accent as made her almost unintelligible, to fetch his master and mistress home instantly.
Elizabeth hésita, mais ses jambes se dérobaient sous elle et, comprenant qu’il n’y avait aucun avantage a faire elle-meme cette recherche, elle rappela le domestique et, d’une voix haletante, a peine intelligible, elle lui donna l’ordre de ramener ses maîtres au plus vite.