Catherine, who appeared absorbed in her household duties, must, however, have been thinking of the stories told by Zacharie about the head captain and the Pierron woman, for she half opened the front door and glanced outside.
Catherine, qui paraissait toute a son ménage, devait pourtant revasser aux histoires que Zacharie racontait sur le maître-porion et la Pierronne, car elle entrebâilla la porte d'entrée et jeta un coup d'oeil dehors.