Some weeks passed after this, and still I never asked him for money; when my landlady, a cunning creature, who had often pressed me to it, but found that I could not do it, makes a story of her own inventing, and comes in bluntly to me when we were together.
Quelques semaines passèrent là-dessus, et toujours je ne lui demandais point d'argent; quand ma propriétaire, une rusée créature, qui m'en avait souvent pressée, mais trouvait que je ne pouvais le faire, fabrique une histoire de sa propre invention et vient crûment à moi pendant que nous étions ensemble: