'My daughter expressed it to me very cleverly the other day' (in a letter which we have suppressed): '"Julien belongs to no drawing-room, to no set." He has not contrived to find any support against me, not the slightest resource if I abandon him ...
Ma fille me le disait fort adroitement l’autre jour (dans une lettre supprimée) : « Julien ne s’est affilié à aucun salon, à aucune coterie. »