During the six weeks that had just elapsed, urged at one moment by a caprice, the Marquis had decided to enrich Julien; poverty seemed to him ignoble, dishonouring to himself, M. de La Mole, impossible in the husband of his daughter; he showered money upon him.
Pendant les six semaines qui venaient de s’écouler, tantôt, poussé par un caprice, le marquis avait voulu enrichir Julien ; la pauvreté lui semblait ignoble, déshonorante pour lui M. de La Mole, impossible chez l’époux de sa fille ; il jetait l’argent.