As he reached the foot of the stairs leading to his isolated lodging, some one came down and bumped into him in the dark, saying: 'Good-bye, sir!' - and wrapping himself in his cloak as if it were very cold, disappeared.
Comme il arrivait au pied de l’escalier de sa demeure isolée, quelqu’un en descendait qui le heurta dans l’ombre et lui dit : – Adieu, monsieur ! et, s’enveloppant dans sa pèlerine comme s’il avait très froid, disparut.