The idea of a duty to be performed, and of making himself ridiculous, or rather being left with a sense of inferiority if he did not succeed in performing it, at once took all the pleasure from his heart.
L’idée d’un devoir à accomplir, et d’un ridicule ou plutôt d’un sentiment d’infériorité à encourir si l’on n’y parvenait pas, éloigna sur-le-champ tout plaisir de son cœur.