This phrase, uttered in my hearing yesterday, would have only conveyed the notion that she was about to be removed to Northumberland, to her own home. I should not have suspected that it meant she was dying; but I knew instantly now!
Si j'avais entendu cette même phrase la veille, j'aurais cru qu'Hélène allait retourner dans le Northumberland, chez son père, et je n'aurais pas supposé une mort prochaine; mais ce jour-là je compris tout de suite.