They both threw their arms round his neck at once. He gave each one quiet kiss, said in a low tone a few words of welcome, stood a while to be talked to, and then, intimating that he supposed they would soon rejoin him in the parlour, withdrew there as to a place of refuge.
Él las besó con calma, pronunció algunas frases de bienvenida y, tras una breve conversación, suponiendo que ellas irían también al salón a poco, se retiró a su acostumbrado refugio.