译文
When he met anyone dressed in deep mourning, although the person might be a familiar acquaintance, he would always look grave and serious. When he met with an officer in full uniform or a blind person, although he himself might be in undress, he would always behave with ceremony and punctiliousness. When driving in his carriage, on meeting with a funeral cortege, he would always bend his head forward out of the carriage, to bow. He would behave in the same way when he met the procession carrying the mortality returns of the population. At a dinner, whenever a dish en grand tenue was bought to the table, he would look serious and rise up to thank the host. On sudden clap of thunder or during a violent storm, he would look grave and serious.