His wife had simply taken another lover; that she had chosen him in the family scarcely aggravated the fact; perhaps even it was an advantage, for she thus preserved appearances.
Sa femme avait simplement un amant de plus, cela aggravait a peine le fait, qu'elle l'eut choisi dans la famille; et peut-etre meme y avait-il avantage, car elle sauvegardait ainsi les apparences.