"Little friend," said he, in quite a changed tone--while his face changed too, losing all its softness and gravity, and becoming harsh and sarcastic--"you have noticed my tender penchant for Miss Ingram: don't you think if I married her she would regenerate me with a vengeance?"
«Ma petite amie,» me dit-il d'un ton tout différent, et sa figure changea également: de douce et grave, elle devint dure et sardonique; «vous avez remarqué mon tendre penchant pour Mlle Ingram; pensez-vous que, si je l'épousais, elle pourrait me régénérer?»