Peu lui importait que l’homme puissant rît de ce qu’il disait, ou de sa propre personne, ou fît des plaisanteries révoltantes sur Mme Rassi ; pourvu qu’il le vît rire et qu’on le traitât avec familiarité, il était content.
It mattered little to him whether the powerful personage laughed at what he said or at his person, or uttered revolting pleasantries at the expense of Signora Rassi; provided that he saw the great man laugh and was himself treated as a familiar, he was content.