Un soir d’été, un temps de galop l’avait amené devant la grille du vieux Ferrier ; apres avoir attaché a un barreau les renes de sa monture, il s’avança dans l’allée a la rencontre de Lucy qui, l’ayant aperçu, venait au-devant de lui.
It was a summer evening when he came galloping down the road and pulled up at the gate. She was at the doorway, and came down to meet him.