Audiobook Dictation: “However, in spite of all she…”

However, in spite of all she could say, the elder sisters opened the door and admitted the beggar.

Cependant, malgré tout ce qu'elle put dire, les sœurs aînées ouvrirent la porte et firent entrer le mendiant.

They led him into the kitchen to dry his clothes.

Elles le conduisirent à la cuisine pour qu'il fasse sécher ses vêtements.

They gave him his supper in the kitchen and then they ate their own.

Elles lui servirent son souper à la cuisine, puis mangèrent le leur.

"It is a fearful night to send away a beggar," said the eldest sister while they were eating.

« C'est une nuit affreuse pour renvoyer un mendiant », dit l'aînée pendant qu'elles mangeaient.

"I am thinking that our dear father would be anxious if he knew that we had broken our promise so easily," said the youngest sister.

« Je pense que notre cher père serait inquiet s'il savait que nous avons rompu notre promesse si facilement », dit la cadette.

"For shame!" cried the eldest.

« Quelle honte ! » s'écria l'aînée.

While they were talking, the beggar had taken the apples which the girls were to eat for dessert and had sprinkled a sleeping powder over them.

Pendant qu'elles parlaient, le mendiant avait pris les pommes que les jeunes filles devaient manger au dessert et les avait saupoudrées d'une poudre soporifique.

The two eldest ate their apples, but the youngest could not eat that night.

Les deux aînées mangèrent leurs pommes, mais la cadette ne put rien manger ce soir-là.

She threw the apple away.

Elle jeta la pomme.