– Le comte est admirable pour moi, dit-il à la duchesse, après lui avoir rendu compte de la visite à l’archevêché ; j’apprécie d’autant plus sa conduite que je crois m’apercevoir que je ne lui plais que fort médiocrement ; ma façon d’agir doit donc être correcte à son égard.
"The Conte has behaved admirably towards me," he said to the Duchessa, after he had given her an account of his visit to the Archbishop's Palace; "I appreciate his conduct all the more, in that I think I am right in saying that personally I have made only a very moderate impression on him: my behaviour towards him ought therefore to be strictly correct.