Le monde où il passait sa vie lui déplaisait mortellement, et s’il n’eût été intimement persuadé que le comte ne pouvait trouver la paix de l’âme hors du ministère, il se fût mis en retraite dans son petit appartement de l’archevêché.
The world in which he was obliged to live disgusted him unspeakably, and had he not been convinced in his heart that the Conte could not find peace of mind apart from his Ministry, he would have gone into retreat in his small apartment in the Archbishop's Palace.