But that which astonished him most was that the cardinal, so deeply interested in preventing this young man from setting his foot in England, had not succeeded in arresting him on the road.
Mais ce qui l'étonnait surtout, c'est que le cardinal, intéressé comme il l'était à ce que le jeune homme ne mît pas le pied en Angleterre, ne fût point parvenu à l'arrêter en route.