He had no difficulty in proving to him, by showing him various marked papers that had arrived from Normandy, that the requirements of his employer's lawsuits there obliged him to postpone his departure for Languedoc.
Il lui prouva facilement, en lui montrant quelques papiers marqués arrivés de Normandie, que le soin des procès normands l’obligeait à différer son départ pour le Languedoc.