la renvoya durement, tumed her away harshly

^ 3. La cruelle nuit qu'elle venait de passer, the dreadful cruel night àhe had just spewt. Venir de ; lit. to be coming from, to hâve just ; aller, with an infinitive, to be just going, to be on the point of. See note p. 6, 1. 8.

5. avait altéré ses traits, had impaired her looks; lit. changed,

distorted her features.

6. fût rctjetée ; lit. was rejected ; was refused admittance,