He was very sorry for all that had passed, and he recognized how foolish and how selfish it was that he should imagine that he could hold a beautiful woman like his sister to himself for her whole life.
Il regretta vivement ce qui s’était passé, et il reconnut l’erreur égoïste qu’il avait commise en imaginant qu’il pourrait garder toute sa vie auprès de lui une femme aussi belle.