L’accent admirable et surtout vrai avec lequel furent prononcées ces paroles fit tressaillir le prince ; il craignit un instant de voir sa dignité compromise par une accusation encore plus directe, mais au total sa sensation finit bientôt par être de plaisir : il admirait la duchesse ; l’ensemble de sa personne atteignit en ce moment une beauté sublime.
The admirable--and, above all, genuine--accent in which these words were uttered made the Prince shudder; he feared for a moment to see his dignity compromised by an accusation even more direct, but on the whole his sensation soon became one of pleasure; he admired the Duchessa; her face and figure attained at that moment to a sublime beauty. "Great God!