I was no sooner carried away, as I have said, by this good gentlewoman, but the first lady, that is to say, the Mayoress that was, sent her two daughters to take care of me; and another family which had taken notice of me when I was the little gentlewoman, and had given me work to do, sent for me after her, so that I was mightily made of, as we say; nay, and they were not a little angry, especially madam the Mayoress, that her friend had taken me away from her, as she called it; for, as she said, I was hers by right, she having been the first that took any notice of me. But they that had me would not part with me; and as for me, though I should have been very well treated with any of the others, yet I could not be better than where I was.
Je n'eus pas plus tôt été emmenée par cette bonne dame de qualité, que la première dame, c'est-à-dire madame la femme du maire, envoya ses filles pour prendre soin de moi; et une autre famille qui m'avait remarquée, quand j'étais la petite dame de qualité, me fit chercher, après celle-là, de sorte qu'on faisait grand cas de moi; et elles ne furent pas peu fâchées, surtout madame la femme du maire, que son amie m'eût enlevée à elle; car disait-elle, je lui appartenais par droit, elle ayant été la première qui eût pris garde à moi; mais celles qui me tenaient ne voulaient pas me laisser partir; et, pour moi, je ne pouvais être mieux que là où j'étais.