One of them, probably a little girl, was speaking in a way so wise and so decided that Meaulnes, although he hardly caught the sense of her words, could not help smiling.
L’un d’eux, probablement une petite fille, parlait d’un ton si sage et si entendu que Meaulnes, bien qu’il ne comprît guère le sens de ses paroles, ne put s’empêcher de sourire :