His aunt had thrown such urgent looks in his direction, that the young man showed himself very amiable, and in his wheedling way reconquered the Grégoires, who had been cast down by his stories of pillage.
Sa tante lui avait jeté des regards si pressants, que le jeune homme se montrait aimable, reconquérant de son air câlin les Grégoire atterrés par ses histoires de pillage.