Le Rassi fut atterré ; il avait trop peu d’habitude de la bonne compagnie pour deviner si le comte parlait sérieusement : il rougit beaucoup, ânonna quelques mots peu intelligibles ; le comte le regardait et jouissait de son embarras.
Rassi was dumbfoundered; he was too little accustomed to good society to know whether the Conte was speaking seriously: he blushed a deep red, mumbled a few scarcely intelligible words; the Conte watched him and enjoyed his embarrassment.