At last the thought occurred to her that he blushed at being seen with her. She was not wounded, however; it was quite natural; and she proposed that he should rebuff her before people, so as to seem to have broken with her.
Enfin, la pensée lui vint qu'il rougissait de la connaître; d'ailleurs, elle n'en était pas blessée, c'était tout naturel; et elle lui offrit de recevoir une gifle devant le monde, pour avoir l'air de rompre.