Mary did look up, and she did stare at me: the ladle with which she was basting a pair of chickens roasting at the fire, did for some three minutes hang suspended in air; and for the same space of time John's knives also had rest from the polishing process: but Mary, bending again over the roast, said only--
Mary fölnézett ugyan, egy pillanatig rám bámult; a kanál, amellyel a sült csirkét öntözte, megállt a levegőben, John kései is pihentek egy-két percig, de Mary, ismét a tűz fölé hajolva, csak ennyit mondott: