Il se fit donner un habit avec des plaques, et fut faire une visite à la vieille princesse Isota ; de la vie il ne s’était présenté chez elle qu’à l’occasion du jour de l’an.
He sent for a coat on which his decorations were sewn and went to pay a call on the elderly Princess Isotta. Never in his life had he gone to her apartments, except on New Year's Day.