All the inhabitants of Hampton and Moulsey dress themselves up in boating costume, and come and mouch round the lock with their dogs, and flirt, and smoke, and watch the boats; and, altogether, what with the caps and jackets of the men, the pretty coloured dresses of the women, the excited dogs, the moving boats, the white sails, the pleasant landscape, and the sparkling water, it is one of the gayest sights I know of near this dull old London town.
La, ils flirtent, fument, en regardant passer les bateaux. Et les jolies robes, les casquettes et les maillots, les chiens qui gambadent, les coques, les voiles blanches, le doux paysage, l’eau étincelante, tout cet ensemble fait un des plus joyeux et des plus chatoyants spectacles que je connaisse aux environs de cette vieille et morne ville de Londres.