Il eût craint, en vous faisant l’accueil auquel je m’attendais et qu’il m’avait fait espérer, d’avoir l’air d’un provincial en extase devant les grâces d’une belle dame arrivant de la capitale.
He was afraid, had he given you the welcome that I expected and he himself had led me to hope, of seeming like a provincial in ecstasies before the charms of a beautiful lady who has come down from the capital.