M. de Renal, who had heard the sound of voices, came out of his study; with the same majestic and fatherly air that he assumed when he was conducting marriages in the Town Hall, he said to Julien:
M. de Rênal, qui avait entendu parler, sortit de son cabinet ; du même air majestueux et paterne qu’il prenait lorsqu’il faisait des mariages à la mairie, il dit à Julien :