Mais comme, avant que de répondre, il cherchait les mots français les plus clairs, la cantinière, piquée d’une vive curiosité, ajouta pour l’engager à parler : ###>But as, before answering, he had to think of the French words which would express his meaning most clearly, the cantinière, pricked by a keen curiosity, added, to induce him to speak: