I had entreated him to keep quite clear of the house till everything was arranged: and, indeed, the bare idea of the commotion, at once sordid and trivial, going on within its walls sufficed to scare him to estrangement.
Je l'avais prié de ne pas venir tant que tout ne serait pas en ordre; du reste, la seule idée du travail mesquin et trivial qui se faisait à Moor-House l'aurait éloigné.