For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood--(she considered him to be a footman because he was in livery: otherwise, judging by his face only, she would have called him a fish)--and rapped loudly at the door with his knuckles.
Per un po' si mise a guardare la casa, e non sapeva che fare, quando ecco un valletto in livrea uscire in corsa dalla foresta... (lo prese per un valletto perchè era in livrea, altrimenti al viso lo avrebbe creduto un pesce), e picchiare energicamente all'uscio con le nocche delle dita.