La duchesse eut bien l’idée, ce soir-là, d’annoncer à Ferrante qu’elle ferait une petite pension à ses enfants, mais elle eut peur qu’il ne partît de là pour se tuer.
It occurred to the Duchessa, that evening, to announce to Ferrante that she would make a small allowance to his children, but she was afraid that he would go straight from the house and kill himself.