Now, the poor lass upstairs was like to have her wits turned at the singing and shouting and terrible oaths which came up to her from below, for they say that the words used by Hugo Baskerville, when he was in wine, were such as might blast the man who said them.
Bien entendu, la pauvre fille ne pouvait manquer d’avoir les sangs retournés par les chants et les jurons abominables qui parvenaient d’en bas à ses oreilles ; il paraît que le langage dont usait Hugo Baskerville, quand il était gris, aurait mérité de foudroyer son auteur.