"Pardon me for quitting you, my dear Madame Bonacieux," said he; "but, not knowing you would come to see me, I had made an engagement with a friend. I shall soon return; and if you will wait only a few minutes for me, as soon as I have concluded my business with that friend, as it is growing late, I will come back and reconduct you to the Louvre."
Perdonadme si os dejo, querida señora Bonacieux dijo él ; pero por no saber que vendríais hoy he quedado citado con uno de mis amigos; vuelvo ahora mismo, y si queréis esperarme, aunque sólo sea medio minuto, tan pronto como haya terminado con ese amigo, vuelvo para recogeros y, como comienza a hacerse tarde, acompañaros al Louvre.