I brushed Adele's hair and made her neat, and having ascertained that I was myself in my usual Quaker trim, where there was nothing to retouch--all being too close and plain, braided locks included, to admit of disarrangement--we descended, Adele wondering whether the _petit coffre_ was at length come; for, owing to some mistake, its arrival had hitherto been delayed.
Vestii la bambina e dopo essermi accorta che il mio costume di Quacquers era in ordine e che non avevo nulla da ritoccare nella pettinatura, scendemmo. Adele sperava che il suo cofanetto fosse alla fine giunto, perché non avevalo ancora avuto.