Il entendit ouvrir la porte d’en bas du clocher : c’était la vieille servante de l’abbé Blanès, qui apportait un grand panier ; il eut toutes les peines du monde à s’empêcher de lui parler.
He heard the door at the foot of the campanile opened: it was the Priore's old servant who brought in a great hamper, and he had all the difficulty in the world in restraining himself from speaking to her.