For the next two months, he continued to speak with annoyance of their presumption in having carried out, without consulting him, so important a repair, but Madame de Renal had done it at her own expense, and this to some extent consoled him.
Pendant deux mois, il parla avec humeur de la hardiesse qu’on avait eue de faire, sans le consulter, une réparation aussi importante, mais Mme de Rênal l’avait exécutée à ses frais, ce qui le consolait un peu.