src: Then he becomes cognisant of their official doings, of their politics, of their municipal scandals, of their great ring-robberies, of their lobbyings and briberies, and the infinite baseness of their public life.
tgt: Puis il se familiarise avec leurs agissements officiels, leur politique, leurs scandales municipaux, leurs trafics d’influence et leurs brigues, enfin l’infinie bassesse de leur vie publique.