He refused, and as, notwithstanding his refusal, she came and knocked at the door, he refrained from opening to her, telling her in the evening that he had spent the day at the Louvre Museum.
Il refusa, et comme, malgré son refus, elle vint frapper à sa porte, il n'ouvrit pas; il lui dit le soir qu'il avait passé la journée au musée du Louvre.