It had been going on and on for nearly two months, to his great surprise, and he was in despair over it; he felt himself every day lowered and compromised, and was forced to imagine some brilliant achievement which would bring him back into favour with the directors.
Elle s'éternisait depuis pres de deux mois, a sa grande surprise; et il s'en désespérait, il se sentait chaque jour diminué, compromis, forcé d'imaginer un coup d'éclat, s'il voulait rentrer en grâce pres des régisseurs.