Two lines of magnificent red and gold footmen who guarded the door bowed deeply as my uncle and I passed between them, he with his head in the air and a manner as if he entered into his own, whilst I tried to look assured, though my heart was beating thin and fast.
Deux rangs de magnifiques laquais rouge et or, qui gardaient la porte, s'inclinèrent profondément, pendant que nous passions au milieu d'eux, mon oncle et moi, lui redressant la tête et paraissant chez lui, moi faisant de mon mieux pour prendre de l'assurance, bien que mon coeur battit à coups rapides.