Little by little, at the end of a few days, in her conversations of an evening, the damp, obscure shop in the arcade became a palace; she pictured it to herself, so far as her memory served her, as convenient, spacious, tranquil, and replete with a thousand inestimable advantages.
Peu à peu, au bout de quelques jours, dans ses causeries du soir, la boutique humble et obscure du passage devint un palais; elle la revoyait, au fond de ses souvenirs, commode, large, tranquille, pourvue de mille avantages inappréciables.