Cette petite surprise chassa l’ennui : « Voilà un gaillard, se dit-il, pour lequel on va me demander Dieu sait quelles faveurs, toutes celles dont je puis disposer.
This little surprise dispelled his boredom: "Here is a fellow," he said to himself, "for whom they will be asking me heaven knows what favours, everything that I have to bestow.