When I saw my charmer thus come in accompanied by a cavalier, I seemed to hear a hiss, and the green snake of jealousy, rising on undulating coils from the moonlit balcony, glided within my waistcoat, and ate its way in two minutes to my heart's core.
Eh bien, lorsque je vis ma magicienne escortée d'un cavalier, le vieux serpent de la jalousie se glissa en sifflant sous mon gilet et en un instant m'eut percé le coeur.