Her figure slightly bent, her hand well up, and her right arm stretched out, she gave herself up to the cadence of the movement that rocked her in her saddle. At the bottom of the hill Rodolphe gave his horse its head; they started together at a bound, then at the top suddenly the horses stopped, and her large blue veil fell about her.
La figure un peu baissée, la main haute et le bras droit déployé, elle s’abandonnait à la cadence du mouvement qui la berçait sur la selle.Au bas de la côte, Rodolphe lâcha les rênes; ils partirent ensemble, d’un seul bond; puis, en haut, tout à coup, les chevaux s’arrêtèrent, et son grand voile bleu retomba.