Vor einer Pariserin in Spitzen, im Salon eines berühmten Professors mit Orden und Equipage, hätte der arme Adjunkt sicherlich gezittert wie ein Kind, hier aber, in Rouen, am Hafen, vor der Frau dieses kleinen Landarztes, da fühlte er sich überlegen und eines leichten Sieges gewiß.
By the side of a Parisienne in her laces, in the drawing-room of some illustrious physician, a person driving his carriage and wearing many orders, the poor clerk would no doubt have trembled like a child; but here, at Rouen, on the harbour, with the wife of this small doctor he felt at his ease, sure beforehand he would shine.