"But don't pull me down or strangle me," he replied: for the Misses Eshton were clinging about him now; and the two dowagers, in vast white wrappers, were bearing down on him like ships in full sail.
— Non mi buttate in terra, non mi soffocate! — rispose, perché le signorine Eshton gli si affollavano intorno e le due vedove, con le ampie vesti da camera bianche, si avanzavano a piene vele.