Contention (fr. Contenson)

Translation into English

Contenson lui paraissait l'être le plus important de Paris, il regardait à tout moment dans son jardin.

Contenson was to him the most important person in Paris, and he looked out into the garden every minute.

Mais, voyons, Contenson, qu'arrive-t-il?

But come, Contenson, what is going on?

Contenson lui paraissait l’être le plus important de Paris, il regardait à tout moment dans son jardin.

Contenson was to him the most important person in Paris, and he looked out into the garden every minute.

Contenson alla se replacer auprès de la voiture où monsieur de Nucirigen attendait Peyrade.

Contenson went back to a post near the carriage in which Monsieur de Nucingen was waiting for Peyrade.

Contenson, pendant longtemps attaché à Peyrade, le servait encore.

Contenson, long attached to Peyrade, was still at his service.

Contenson, voyez-vous, était tout un poème, un poème parisien.

Contenson, you must know, was a whole poem - a Paris poem.

Contenson lâcherait pour cinq cents francs ce que Louchard voulait vendre mille écus.

Contenson would tell him for five hundred francs what Louchard wanted to see a thousand crowns for.