The last toilet has been made - she had been dressed in her beautiful frock of dark blue velvet bespangled with little silver stars, its fine but old-fashioned leg-of-mutton sleeves flattened and folded under; but at the moment of bringing up the coffin it is found that there is not room to turn it in the very narrow corridor.
L’habillage terminé – on lui a mis son admirable robe de velours bleu sombre, semée par endroits de petites étoiles d’argent, mais il a fallu aplatir et friper les belles manches à gigot maintenant démodées – au moment de faire monter le cercueil, on s’est aperçu qu’il ne pourrait pas tourner dans le couloir trop étroit.