As they walked across the hall towards the river, Elizabeth turned back to look again; her uncle and aunt stopped also, and while the former was conjecturing as to the date of the building, the owner of it himself suddenly came forward from the road, which led behind it to the stables.
En traversant la pelouse pour descendre vers la riviere Elizabeth se retourna pour jeter encore un coup d’oil a la maison ; ses compagnons l’imiterent, et, pendant que son oncle faisait des conjectures sur la date de la construction, le propriétaire en personne apparut soudain sur la route qui venait des communs situés en arriere du château.