After these conventional phrases, which the impatient curiosity of M. Valenod found a way of cutting short, he learned the most mortifying things in the world for his own self-esteem.
Après ces phrases d’usage, que l’impatiente curiosité de M. Valenod trouva l’art d’abréger, il apprit les choses les plus mortifiantes pour son amour-propre.