"Ah, Edward," cried his wife, "if you had seen our boy, like a caged eagle, beating against the bars, you would have helped to give him even so short a flight as this." "I do not blame you, Mary.
-- Ah! Edward, s'écria sa femme, si vous aviez vu notre enfant, pareil à un aigle en cage, se heurtant aux barreaux, vous auriez vous-même aidé à lui permettre une aussi courte excursion. -- Je ne vous blâme pas, Mary, je l'aurais peut-être fait.