It made our mouths water to hear him talk about the things, and we handed him out the stove and the frying-pan and all the eggs that had not smashed and gone over everything in the hamper, and begged him to begin.
Rien qu’a l’écouter, nous en eumes l’eau a la bouche et nous lui passâmes le réchaud, la poele et tous les oeufs qui ne s’étaient pas brisés et répandus un peu partout dans le panier, en le suppliant de commencer.