Elle le trouva singulier, spirituel, fort sérieux, mais joli garçon, et ne déparant point trop le salon d’une femme à la mode ; du reste, ignorant à plaisir, et sachant à peine écrire.
She found him unusual, thoughtful, very serious, but a nice-looking boy and not at all out of place in the drawing-room of a lady of fashion; otherwise, as ignorant as one could wish, and barely able to write.