But he came of a long-lived race, he had not a single grey hair, no one thought he was forty, and he remembered that Varenka had said it was only in Russia that men of fifty considered themselves old, and that in France a man of fifty considered himself dans la force de l'âge, [In the prime of life.] while one of forty was un jeune homme. [A young man.]
Ma la sua razza era longeva, egli non aveva neppure un capello bianco, nessuno gli dava quarant’anni, e ricordava che Varen’ka aveva detto che soltanto in Russia gli uomini a cinquant’anni si considerano vecchi, mentre in Francia un uomo di cinquant’anni si considera dans la force de l’âge, e uno di quaranta, un jeune homme.