Il reçut Mme Sanseverina avec grâce ; il lui dit des choses spirituelles et fines ; mais elle remarqua fort bien qu’il n’y avait pas excès dans la bonne réception.
He received Signora Sanseverina graciously; the things he said to her were shrewd and witty; but she saw quite plainly that there was no superfluity of warmth in his reception of her.