The subjection in which his father had brought him up had given him originally great humility of manner; but it was now a good deal counteracted by the self-conceit of a weak head, living in retirement, and the consequential feelings of early and unexpected prosperity.
Le rude joug de l’autorité paternelle lui avait donné dans les manieres une grande humilité que combattait maintenant la fatuité naturelle a un esprit médiocre et enivré par une prospérité rapide et inattendue.