But from the other side of the staircase alarmed voices were whispering; and when he came out he saw his daughters' door open, and they both appeared in white dressing-gowns, slipped on in haste.
Mais, de l'autre côté du palier, des voix alarmées chuchotaient; et, lorsqu'il sortit, il vit s'ouvrir la porte de ses filles, qui toutes deux parurent, vetues de peignoirs blancs, passés a la hâte.