The legs of the old lady had become so ponderous that she required a stick to assist her to drag herself into the dining-room, and there she thought the walls were vacillating around her.
Les jambes de la pauvre vieille s'étaient alourdies. Il lui fallut une canne pour se traîner dans la salle à manger, et là il lui sembla que les murs vacillaient autour d'elle.