Herself a widow - and very rich, as she gave us to understand - she had lost the younger of her two children, a boy called Antoine, who had suddenly died one evening, on returning from school, after bathing with his brother in a dirty pond.
Veuve – et fort riche, à ce qu’elle nous fit comprendre – elle avait perdu le cadet de ses deux enfants, Antoine, qui était mort un soir au retour de l’école, pour s’être baigné avec son frère dans un étang malsain.