This Surgeon had sometimes paid Father Sorel for taking his son for a day, and had taught him Latin and History, that is to say the 1796 Campaign in Italy which was all the history he knew.
Il chirurgo pagava qualche volta al vecchio Sorel la giornata di suo figlio, e gli insegnava il latino e la storia, o per meglio dire quel che sapeva della storia: la campagna del 1796 in Italia.