His face was a curious blend of uneasiness and disappointment; but from time to time one could make out quite plainly bursts of self-importance, combined with that cutting tone which the wealthiest man in France ought to adopt, especially when he is by no means bad-looking, and is not yet thirty-six.
C’était un mélange singulier d’inquiétude et de désappointement ; mais de temps à autre on y distinguait fort bien des bouffées d’importance et de ce ton tranchant que doit avoir l’homme le plus riche de France, quand surtout il est assez bien fait de sa personne et n’a pas encore trente-six ans.