After wandering along the lane for two hours, giving way to every variety of thought--re-considering events, determining probabilities, and reconciling herself, as well as she could, to a change so sudden and so important, fatigue, and a recollection of her long absence, made her at length return home; and she entered the house with the wish of appearing cheerful as usual, and the resolution of repressing such reflections as must make her unfit for conversation.
Il y avait deux heures qu’elle arpentait le sentier, lorsque la fatigue et la pensée de son absence prolongée la ramenerent enfin vers le presbytere. Elle rentra avec la volonté de montrer autant d’entrain que d’habitude et d’écarter toutes les pensées qui pourraient détourner son esprit de la conversation.