Au concert de la duchesse, son rang l’avait placé en avant de tous les auditeurs, sur un fauteuil isolé, à trois pas de la belle Fausta, et ses regards avaient souverainement choqué le comte M***.
At the Duchessa's concert, his rank had placed him in front of all the rest of the audience in an isolated armchair within three yards of the fair Fausta, and his stare had been supremely shocking to Conte M------.