This, therefore, was not my work, but an assistance to my work; for now, as I said, I had a great employment upon my hands, as follows: I had long studied to make, by some means or other, some earthen vessels, which, indeed, I wanted sorely, but knew not where to come at them.
Alors, comme je l'ai dit, j'avais une grande affaire sur les bras. J'avais songé depuis long-temps à n'importe quel moyen de me façonner quelques vases de terre dont j'avais un besoin extrême; mais je ne savais pas comment y parvenir.