She had always seen it with pain; but respecting his abilities, and grateful for his affectionate treatment of herself, she endeavoured to forget what she could not overlook, and to banish from her thoughts that continual breach of conjugal obligation and decorum which, in exposing his wife to the contempt of her own children, was so highly reprehensible.
Cependant, appréciant les qualités de son pere et touchée de l’affectueuse prédilection qu’il lui témoignait, elle essayait de fermer les yeux sur ce qu’elle ne pouvait approuver et tâchait d’oublier ces atteintes continuelles au respect conjugal qui, en exposant une mere a la critique de ses propres enfants, étaient si profondément regrettables.