This old Captain de Renal had served before the Revolution in the Duke of Orleans's regiment of infantry, and, when he went to Paris, had had the right of entry into that Prince's drawing-rooms.
Le vieux capitaine de Rênal servait avant la révolution dans le régiment d’infanterie de M. le duc d’Orléans, et, quand il allait à Paris, était admis dans les salons du prince.