Emma, opposite, watched him; she did not share his humiliation; she felt another—that of having supposed such a man was worth anything. As if twenty times already she had not sufficiently perceived his mediocrity.
Emma, en face de lui, le regardait; elle ne partageait pas son humiliation, elle en éprouvait une autre: c’était de s’être imaginé qu’un pareil homme pût valoir quelque chose, comme si vingt fois déjà elle n’avait pas suffisamment aperçu sa médiocrité.