In a little while, however, she again heard a little pattering of footsteps in the distance, and she looked up eagerly, half hoping that the Mouse had changed his mind, and was coming back to finish his story.
Au bout de quelque temps elle entendit au loin un petit bruit de pas ; elle s’empressa de regarder, espérant que la Souris avait changé d’idée et revenait finir son histoire.