He now roused his wife, who kept her eyes closed. When she had risen to her feet, and shaken her skirt, which was all crumpled, and covered with dry leaves, the party quitted the clearing, breaking the small branches they found in their way.
Puis il secoua sa femme, qui tenait les yeux fermés; lorsque Thérèse se fut dressée et qu'elle eut secoué ses jupes, fripées et couvertes de feuilles sèches, les trois promeneurs quittèrent la clairière, en cassant les petites branches devant eux.