Madame des Grassins was one of those lively, plump little women, with pink-and-white skins, who, thanks to the claustral calm of the provinces and the habits of a virtuous life, keep their youth until they are past forty.

德·格拉桑夫人是泼、丰满、粉白相间的小女人的一员，由于外省的幽闭宁尚的生习惯，她们一直保持青春直到四十多岁。