He wanted time to consider this sudden announcement which was altering his destiny, but felt himself to be incapable of prudence; his imagination was wholly taken up with forming pictures of what he would see in M. de Renal's fine house.
Il voulait penser à cette annonce imprévue qui changeait son sort, mais il se sentit incapable de prudence ; son imagination était tout entière à se figurer ce qu’il verrait dans la belle maison de M. de Rênal.