Ce moine, fort savant, digne émule des Fontana et des Duvoisin, s’était placé dans un coin reculé du salon : Fabrice prit poste debout devant lui de façon à ne point apercevoir la porte d’entrée, et lui parla théologie.
This friar, a most learned man, a worthy rival of the Fontanas and the Duvoisins, had taken his place in a far corner of the room: Fabrizio took up a position facing him, so that he could not see the door, and began to talk theology.