"I will make the world acknowledge you a beauty, too," he went on, while I really became uneasy at the strain he had adopted, because I felt he was either deluding himself or trying to delude me.
-- Je forcerai le monde à vous déclarer belle.» ajouta-t-il. Mon embarras croissait à l'entendre parler ainsi; il me semblait qu'il voulait soit se tromper, soit essayer de me tromper moi- même.