Jim and I stood staring, but we stared the more when out came the Major, with a great quart pot in his hand, and at his heels his old sister who kept house for him, and two of the maids, and all four began capering about round the fire.
Jim et moi nous ouvrions de grands yeux, mais nous fûmes bien autrement stupéfaits de voir le major sortir, un grand pot d'un quart à la main, suivi de sa soeur, vieille dame qui dirigeait son ménage, de deux des bonnes, et toute la troupe gambader autour du feu.