Comment peindre ses excuses et son désespoir quand, après avoir reconduit le curé jusqu’à la seconde antichambre, et lorsqu’il demandait en repassant à cet homme qui attendait, en quoi il pouvait le servir, il aperçut les bas violets et entendit le nom Fabrice del Dongo ?
How are we to depict his apologies and despair when, after having conducted the priest to the farthest ante-room, and on asking, as he returned, the man who was waiting what he could do to serve him, he caught sight of the violet stockings and heard the name Fabrizio del Dongo?