This was as well as he could wish, and he, as it were, yielding to talk with me at his mother's request, she brought me to him into her own chamber, told me her son had some business with me at her request, and desired me to be very sincere with him, and then she left us together, and he went and shut the door after her.
Il ne pouvait rien souhaiter de mieux, et, feignant de céder au désir de sa mère, elle m'amena vers lui dans la propre chambre où elle couchait, me dit que son fils avait affaire avec moi à sa requête, puis nous laissa ensemble, et il ferma la porte sur elle.