One evening, seated on the balcony outside the window, we looked at the moon which seemed to rise with difficulty out of its bed of clouds, and we listened to the wind violently rustling the trees; we held each other's hands, and for a whole quarter of an hour we had not spoken, when Marguerite said to me:
Un soir, nous étions accoudés sur le balcon de la fenêtre, nous regardions la lune qui semblait sortir difficilement de son lit de nuages, et nous écoutions le vent agitant bruyamment les arbres, nous nous tenions la main, et depuis un grand quart d'heure nous ne parlions pas, quand Marguerite me dit: