« Sa physionomie est vraiment stupide, se dit la duchesse ; le comte a raison : le feu prince ne nous eût pas fait veiller jusqu’à trois heures du matin, avant de prendre un parti. »
"His face is really stupid," the Duchessa said to herself; "the Conte is right: the late Prince would not have kept us out of our beds until three o'clock in the morning, before making up his mind."