For the rest of the evening the Mayor never recovered his peace of mind; it was in vain that Julien tried to flatter him by asking him to explain obscure points in the pedigrees of the best families of Burgundy.
De toute la soirée le maire ne se remit point de son trouble, ce fut en vain que Julien lui fit la cour en lui demandant des explications sur la généalogie des meilleures familles de la Bourgogne.