The carriage was at the door ready to take my poor cousins away, and they were just stepping in as he came off; poor Lucy in such a condition, he says, she could hardly walk; and Nancy, she was almost as bad.
Donovan had hen met elkaar gevonden in zóó'n toestand. Het rijtuig stond al klaar om mijn arme nichten weg te brengen, ze stapten juist in, toen hij wegging; Lucy kon bijna niet loopen, zei hij, en Anne was haast even erg.