It was a large cabinet, close and stifling, with the walls furnished with arms offensive and defensive, and in which there was already a fire, although it was scarcely the end of the month of September.
C'était un grand cabinet, aux murailles garnies d'armes offensives et défensives, clos et étouffé, et dans lequel il y avait déjà du feu, quoique l'on fût à peine à la fin du mois de septembre.