As she said this, she approached her tall person and ample garments so near the window, that I was obliged to bend back almost to the breaking of my spine: in her eagerness she did not observe me at first, but when she did, she curled her lip and moved to another casement.
¿Qué habrá sido de esos animales? Mientras hablaba, aproximaba a la ventana de tal modo su alta figura, que tuve que echarme hacia atrás para dejarle sitio, a riesgo de romperme la espina dorsal.