Seeing me, she roused herself: she made a sort of effort to smile, and framed a few words of congratulation; but the smile expired, and the sentence was abandoned unfinished. She put up her spectacles, shut the Bible, and pushed her chair back from the table.
En me voyant, elle se leva, fit un effort pour sourire, et murmura quelques mots de félicitation; mais le sourire expira sur ses lèvres et la phrase fut laissée inachevée; elle mit ses lunettes, ferma sa Bible, et éloigna sa chaise de la table.