She was surprised sometimes at the atrocious conjectures that came into her thoughts, and she had to go on smiling, to hear repeated to her at all hours that she was happy, to pretend to be happy, to let it be believed.
Elle s’étonnait parfois des conjectures atroces qui lui arrivaient à la pensée; et il fallait continuer à sourire, s’entendre répéter qu’elle était heureuse, faire semblant de l’être, le laisser croire!