The housekeeper and her husband were both of that decent phlegmatic order of people, to whom one may at any time safely communicate a remarkable piece of news without incurring the danger of having one's ears pierced by some shrill ejaculation, and subsequently stunned by a torrent of wordy wonderment.
El ama de casa y su marido pertenecían a esa clase de personas flemáticas y correctas, a las que se puede participar una noticia sin temor a que nos abrumen con sus exclamaciones y nos ahoguen bajo un torrente de palabras de asombro.