L’air des montagnes, l’aspect majestueux et tranquille de ce lac superbe qui lui rappelait celui près duquel il avait passé son enfance, tout contribua à changer en douce mélancolie le chagrin de Fabrice, voisin de la colère.
The mountain air, the majestic and tranquil aspect of this superb lake which recalled to him that other on the shores of which he had spent his childhood, all helped to transform into a tender melancholy Fabrizio's grief, which was akin to anger.