To begin with, he did not know how he could pay Monsieur Homais for all the physic supplied by him, and though, as a medical man, he was not obliged to pay for it, he nevertheless blushed a little at such an obligation.
D’abord, il ne savait comment faire pour dédommager M. Homais de tous les médicaments pris chez lui; et, quoiqu’il eût pu, comme médecin, ne pas les payer, néanmoins il rougissait un peu de cette obligation.