She was sitting near the window, and as soon as Sir John perceived her, he left the rest of the party to the ceremony of knocking at the door, and stepping across the turf, obliged her to open the casement to speak to him, though the space was so short between the door and the window, as to make it hardly possible to speak at one without being heard at the other.
Estaba sentada cerca de la ventana y tan pronto la vio sir John, dejó que el resto de la partida cumpliera con la ceremonia de golpear la puerta y, cruzando por el césped, le hizo abrir el ventanal para conversar en privado, aunque el espacio entre la puerta y la ventana era tan pequeño como para hacer casi imposible hablar en una sin ser escuchado en la otra.