To much confabulation succeeded a sound of scrubbing and setting to rights; and when I passed the room, in going downstairs to dinner, I saw through the open door that all was again restored to complete order; only the bed was stripped of its hangings. Leah stood up in the window-seat, rubbing the panes of glass dimmed with smoke.
Dopo tutte queste esclamazioni rimisero in ordine la camera, e, quando scesi a pranzo, vidi che i danni erano stati rimediati; soltanto al letto mancavano le cortine e Leah lavava i parapetti delle finestre, anneriti dal fumo.