To get somebody to stumble over him, and curse him steadily for an hour, is his highest aim and object; and, when he has succeeded in accomplishing this, his conceit becomes quite unbearable.
Obtenir que quelqu’un trébuche sur lui et le maudisse une heure d’affilée, est certainement son ambition la plus haute, et ce tour de force accompli, il devient d’une suffisance tout a fait intolérable.