He saw Mathilde strolling late and long in the garden; when at length she had left it, he went down there; he made his way to a rose tree from which she had plucked a rose.
Il vit Mathilde se promener longtemps au jardin ; quand enfin elle l’eut quitté, il y descendit ; il s’approcha d’un rosier où elle avait pris une fleur.