"A very good-for-nothing sort of a man I assure you," answered the abbe, "one who gets his livelihood by abusing every new book and play that is written or performed; he dislikes much to see anyone meet with success, like eunuchs, who detest everyone that possesses those powers they are deprived of; he is one of those vipers in literature who nourish themselves with their own venom; a pamphlet-monger."
Un malandrin, respondió el abate, que gana la vida hablando mal de todas las composiciones dramáticas y de todos los libros que salen; que aborrece á todo aquel que es aplaudido, como aborrecen los eunucos á los que gozan; una sierpe de la literatura, que vive de ponzoña y cieno; un folletista.