Ans Kaufen dachte niemand. Und Frau Tüvache, die Gattin des Bürgermeisters, lag vom frühen Morgen in ihrem Fenster, um ja nicht zu verpassen, wenn der Operateur ankäme.
At the grocer's they discussed Hippolyte's illness; the shops did no business, and Madame Tuvache, the mayor's wife, did not stir from her window, such was her impatience to see the operator arrive.