As I was afraid of some new fit of obstinacy, which my amour propre might have sustained somewhat better than my purse, I wrote down my name, had the book put on one side, and went out.
Comme je redoutais un nouvel entêtement que mon amour-propre eût peut-être soutenu, mais dont ma bourse se fût certainement trouvée très mal, je fis inscrire mon nom, mettre de côté le volume, et je déscendis.