J’allai sans bruit dans le couloir; mon cœur battait si fort que j’avais de la peine à avancer, mais du moins il ne battait plus d’anxiété, mais d’épouvante et de joie. →
Presently I heard her coming upstairs to close her window. I went quietly into the passage; my heart was beating so violently that I could hardly move, but at least it was throbbing no longer with anxiety, but with terror and with joy.