He could understand that; an elegant woman! and, without leaving off eating, he had turned completely round towards her, so that his knee brushed against her boot, whose sole curled round as it smoked against the stove.
Il comprenait cela: une femme élégante! et, sans s’interrompre de manger, il s’était tourné vers elle complètement, si bien qu’il frôlait du genou sa bottine, dont la semelle se recourbait tout en fumant contre le poêle.