Then tears obscured them, her red eyelids were lowered, she gave him her hands, and Leon was pressing them to his lips when a servant appeared to tell the gentleman that he was wanted.
Puis des larmes les obscurcirent, ses paupières roses s’abaissèrent, elle abandonna ses mains, et Léon les portait à sa bouche lorsque parut un domestique, avertissant Monsieur qu’on le demandait.