He already saw her coming from school as the day drew in, laughing, with ink-stains on her jacket, and carrying her basket on her arm. Then she would have to be sent to the boarding-school; that would cost much; how was it to be done?
Il la voyait déjà revenant de l’école à la tombée du jour, toute rieuse, avec sa brassière tachée d’encre, et portant au bras son panier; puis il faudrait la mettre en pension, cela coûterait beaucoup; comment faire?