Fabrice fut profondément touché, et ensuite affligé des plans que la duchesse avait faits pour lui ; son espoir avait toujours été que, son affaire de Waterloo arrangée, il finirait par être militaire.
Fabrizio was profoundly touched, and then distressed by the plans which the Duchessa had made for him; his hope had always been that, his affair at Waterloo settled, he might end by becoming a soldier.