they lingered
-se sont attardés
Past they conjugation of linger.
As they lingered about the place, suddenly they saw that they were not alone.
Comme elles s'attardaient en cet endroit, elles s'aperçurent, tout à coup, qu'elles n'étaient pas seules.
And when they lingered toward the going down of the sun, to the west they could make out the sailing vessels on the distant Mediterranean.
Et, quand ils s’attardaient au coucher du soleil, ils pouvaient distinguer, à l’ouest, les bateaux à voiles au loin sur la Méditerranée.
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