Comme nous y rencontrions parfois M. Vinteuil, très sévère pour «le genre déplorable des jeunes gens négligés, dans les idées de l’époque actuelle», ma mère prenait garde que rien ne clochât dans ma tenue, puis on partait pour l’église. →
As we were liable, there, to meet M. Vinteuil, who held very strict views on "the deplorable untidiness of young people, which seems to be encouraged in these days," my mother would first see that there was nothing out of order in my appearance, and then we would set out for the church.