Naturally, I begged him to employ the greatest discretion in regard to my father, and on leaving him I rejoined Marguerite, who was waiting for me at Julie Duprat's, where she had gone in preference to going to listen to the moralizings of Prudence.
Je lui recommandai naturellement la plus grande discrétion vis-à-vis mon père, et j'allai rejoindre Marguerite qui m'attendait chez Julie Duprat, où elle avait préféré descendre plutôt que d'aller écouter la morale de Prudence.