It is true that I have had only the one glance at him, and yet there are some things to which I am ready to swear. He is no one whom I have seen down here, and I have now met all the neighbours.
Il est vrai que je n’ai fait que l’entrevoir ; pourtant je suis prêt à jurer, par exemple, qu’il n’est pas un habitant des environs ; je les connais.