Finalment hi hagué una pausa d'espera, una mudesa expectant, i aleshores entra la tia Polly, seguida de Sid i Mary, i després de la família Harper, tots de negre rigorós; i tot el poble fidel, i adhuc el vell ministre, s'alçaren reverentment i romangueren drets fins que els endolats s'assegueren al primer banc.
There was finally a waiting pause, an expectant dumbness, and then Aunt Polly entered, followed by Sid and Mary, and they by the Harper family, all in deep black, and the whole congregation, the old minister as well, rose reverently and stood until the mourners were seated in the front pew.