Though he was startled by this unexpected confidence, in his wife'spresence too, and by his son's strange tone about it, the old man madeno further inquiries, for in his opinion such affairs did not concern athird person.
Bien qu'il s'étonnât de cette confidence imprévue, faite devant safemme, et du ton bizarre de son fils, le vieux n'insista point, car ilestimait que ces choses-là ne regardent pas les tiers.