Le comte ne le laissa point partir sans lui dire que, malgré son état de retraite, il y aurait peut-être de l’affectation à ne pas paraître à la cour le samedi suivant, c’était le jour de naissance de la princesse.
The Conte did not let him go without telling him that, notwithstanding his retreat, it would be perhaps an affectation if he did not appear at court the following Saturday, which was the Princess's birthday.