And all the while he was walking through the streets with him he talked of his wife, his children; of their future, and of his business; told him in what a decayed condition it had formerly been, and to what a degree of perfection he had raised it.
Et, tout en descendant les rues avec lui, il parlait de sa femme, de ses enfants, de leur avenir et de sa pharmacie, racontait en quelle décadence elle était autrefois, et le point de perfection où il l’avait montée.