translate English to French: Without laughter, scolding, or praise I should take him away, willing or no, before he could see this result, or at least before be could think about it; and I should make haste to turn his thoughts to other things so that he would soon forget all about it.
Sans rire, sans le gronder, sans le louer, je lemmène de gré ou de force avant quil puisse apercevoir cet effet, ou du moins avant quil y pense, et je me hâte de le distraire sur dautres objets qui le lui fassent bien vite oublier.