Homais had thought over his speech; he had rounded, polished it, made it rhythmical; it was a masterpiece of prudence and transitions, of subtle turns and delicacy; but anger had got the better of rhetoric.
Il avait médité sa phrase, il l’avait arrondie, polie, rythmée; c’était un chef-d’oeuvre de prudence et de transitions, de tournures fines et de délicatesse; mais la colère avait emporté la rhétorique.