The doctor was meantime with difficulty restraining the expression of his contempt for this old gentleman, and with difficulty condescending to the level of his intelligence.

He perceived that it was no good talking to the old man, and that the principal person in the house was the mother.

Before her he decided to scatter his pearls.

At that instant the princess came into the drawing room with the family doctor.

The prince withdrew, trying not to show how ridiculous he thought the whole performance.