As he wore a diamond of an enormous size on his finger and had among the rest of his equipage a strong box that seemed very weighty, he soon found himself between two physicians, whom he had not sent for, a number of intimate friends whom he had never seen, and who would not quit his bedside, and two women devotees, who were very careful in providing him hot broths.
Comme il avait au doigt un diamant énorme, et qu'on avait aperçu dans son équipage une cassette prodigieusement pesante, il eut aussitôt auprès de lui deux médecins qu'il n'avait pas mandés, quelques amis intimes qui ne le quittèrent pas, et deux dévotes qui fesaient chauffer ses bouillons.