At that moment a little accident supervened, which seemed decreed by fate purposely to prove the truth of the adage, that "misfortunes never come singly," and to add to their distresses the vexing one of the slip between the cup and the lip.
Ebben a pillanatban történt valami, ami mintha csak a közmondás igazságát akarná bizonyítani, hogy a "baj sohasem jár egyedül".