The accent which I had given to my last word seemed to convince my adversary; he preferred to abandon a conflict which could only have resulted in making me pay ten times its price for the volume, and, bowing, he said very gracefully, though indeed a little late:
Il parait que l'accent donné à mon dernier mot avait convaincu mon antagoniste: il préféra donc abandonner un combat qui n'eût servi qu'à me faire payer ce volume dix fois sa valeur, et, s'inclinant, il me dit fort gracieusement, quoique un peu tard: