Upon my honor, this man fancies the world belongs to him. There you stood, stammering, stupefied, annihilated. One might have supposed the Bastille appeared before you, and that the gigantic Medusa had converted you into stone.
Sur mon honneur, cet homme se figure que le monde lui appartient: vous étiez là, balbutiant, stupéfait, anéanti; on eût dit que la Bastille se dressait devant vous et que la gigantesque Méduse vous changeait en pierre.