Er hatte allerdings von Haus aus eine gewisse Erziehung und Bildung genossen, war aber zu jung eigener Herr geworden, zu jung in das Garnisonleben gekommen, und täglich schwand der edelmännische Schliff mehr unter den Reibungen seines Soldatenwehrgehänges.
He had, nevertheless, received from his family some education and some politeness of manner; but he had been thrown on the world too young, he had been in garrison at too early an age, and every day the polish of a gentleman became more and more effaced by the rough friction of his gendarme's cross−belt.