The effect of his old employer's petty vanity was that Julien now trod upon the Marquis's heels, and caused him considerable pain, owing to his gout. 'Ah!
La petite vanité de son ancien patron fit que Julien marcha sur les pieds du marquis, et lui fit beaucoup de mal à cause de sa goutte. – Ah! il est balourd par-dessus le marché, se dit celui-ci.