I brushed Adele's hair and made her neat, and having ascertained that I was myself in my usual Quaker trim, where there was nothing to retouch--all being too close and plain, braided locks included, to admit of disarrangement--we descended, Adele wondering whether the _petit coffre_ was at length come; for, owing to some mistake, its arrival had hitherto been delayed.
Yo no tuve que arreglarme, ya que mi vestimenta cuáquera, por lo lisa y rasa, no permitía casi desarreglo alguno. Adèle pensó en seguida si habría llegado su petit coffre que, por no sé qué confusión, sufriera un atraso de varios días.