Nothing less than the complaisance of a courtier could have borne without anger such treatment; but Sir William's good breeding carried him through it all; and though he begged leave to be positive as to the truth of his information, he listened to all their impertinence with the most forbearing courtesy.
Il fallait toute la politesse d’un homme de cour pour supporter un pareil assaut. Sir William, néanmoins, tout en priant ces dames de croire a sa véracité, sut écouter leurs peu discretes protestations de la meilleure grâce du monde.