"Ah! That a merchant, who has large connections, a jurisconsult, a doctor, a chemist, should be thus absent-minded, that they should become whimsical or even peevish, I can understand; such cases are cited in history.
Et il reprit: -- Ah! qu’un négociant qui a des relations considérables, qu’un jurisconsulte, un médecin, un pharmacien soient tellement absorbés qu’ils en deviennent fantasques et bourrus même, je le comprends; on en cite des traits dans les histoires!