I had entreated him to keep quite clear of the house till everything was arranged: and, indeed, the bare idea of the commotion, at once sordid and trivial, going on within its walls sufficed to scare him to estrangement.
Yo había procurado que no acudiese durante los preparativos, para no darle una impresión desagradable con el espectáculo de la casa revuelta.