At these words, which I spoke warm and high, my husband, her brother (as she called him), came into the room, and I desired him to come and sit down, for I had something of moment to say before them both, which it was absolutely necessary he should hear.
Il eut l'air un peu troublé de l'assurance avec laquelle je semblais parler, et vint s'asseoir près de moi, ayant d'abord fermé la porte; sur quoi je commençai, car j'étais extrêmement échauffée, et, me tournant vers lui: