Le comte croit remplir ce rôle ; mais il est trop grand seigneur pour descendre à de certains détails ; de plus, en sa qualité de ministre de la police, il a dû donner, dans le premier moment, les ordres les plus sévères contre vous.
The Conte believes that he is playing this part; but he is too great a gentleman to stoop to certain details; besides, in his capacity as Minister of Police, he was obliged to issue, at the first moment, the most severe orders against you.