Il s’apercevait que tous les jours on lui donnait des ridicules à la cour de la princesse douairière, et plusieurs fois le prince, parlant d’affaires avec lui, lui avait ri au nez avec toute la naïveté de la jeunesse.
He had learned that every day he was being made a laughing stock at the court of the Princess Dowager, and on several occasions the Prince, when discussing business with him, laughed in his face with all the frankness of his youth.