By dint of morals and morality, although horribly ugly, and after early struggles with the world which it would be hard to describe, M. Balland had married an extremely rich wife, who died; then a second extremely rich wife, who was never seen in society.
À force de morale et de moralité, quoique horriblement laid, et après des premiers pas dans le monde difficiles à raconter, M. Balland a épousé une femme fort riche, qui est morte ; ensuite une seconde femme fort riche, que l’on ne voit point dans le monde.