The Bishop had ordered four decorators from Paris by mail coach, but these gentlemen could not do everything themselves, and so far from encouraging the awkward efforts of their Bisontine colleagues they increased their awkwardness by laughing at it.
M. l’évêque avait fait venir par la malle-poste quatre tapissiers de Paris, mais ces messieurs ne pouvaient suffire à tout, et loin d’encourager la maladresse de leurs camarades bisontins, ils la redoublaient en se moquant d’eux.