M. Valenod, who was reckoning on lending his carriage to the prettiest women of the town, in order to have his fine Norman horses admired, agreed to let Julien, the person he hated most, have one of them.
M. Valenod, qui comptait prêter sa calèche aux plus jolies femmes de la ville et faire admirer ses beaux normands, consentit à donner un de ses chevaux à Julien, l’être qu’il haïssait le plus.