'The vicar of the village and the neighbouring squires made much of me for the first six months; I had them to dine; I had left Paris, I told them, so as never to mention or to hear of politics again.
Le vicaire du village et les hobereaux du voisinage me font la cour pendant six mois ; je leur donne à dîner ; j’ai quitté Paris, leur dis-je, pour de ma vie ne parler ni n’entendre parler politique.