And as she objected that she had no horse, Monsieur Rodolphe offered one. She refused his offer; he did not insist. Then to explain his visit he said that his ploughman, the man of the blood-letting, still suffered from giddiness.
Et, comme elle objectait qu’elle n’avait point de cheval, M. Rodolphe en offrit un; elle refusa ses offres; il n’insista pas; puis, afin de motiver sa visite, il conta que son charretier, l’homme à la saignée, éprouvait toujours des étourdissements.