He really believed in the virtues of Camille, and his terror redoubled. But what tried his patience beyond measure was the comparison that the widow of the drowned man never failed to draw between her first and second husband, and which was all to the advantage of the former.
Mais ce qui le jetait hors de lui, ce qui l'amenait à des actes de violence, c'était le parallèle que la veuve du noyé ne manquait jamais d'établir entre son premier et son second mari, tout à l'avantage du premier.