Gerhard zog seine neue Bluse an, knüpfte sein Taschentuch über die Aprikosen und marschierte in seinen Nagelschuhen mit schwerfälligen Schritten voller Gemütsruhe gen Yonville.
Girard put on his new blouse, knotted his handkerchief round the apricots, and walking with great heavy steps in his thick iron-bound galoshes, made his way to Yonville.