On the staircase he met the pretty SOUBRETTE, who brushed gently against him as she passed, and then, blushing to the eyes, asked his pardon for having touched him in a voice so sweet that the pardon was granted instantly.
Sur l'escalier il rencontra la jolie soubrette, laquelle le frôla doucement en passant, et, tout en rougissant jusqu'aux yeux, lui demanda pardon de l'avoir touché, d'une voix si douce, que le pardon lui fut accordé à l'instant même.