The only lament to which the past prompted her was, I think, at not having been enough her brother's true friend, for on the day of his great disaster he had not dared to tell her more than any one else, and he had thought himself for ever lost.
Le seul regret que lui inspirât le passé, c’était, je pense, de n’avoir point encore été pour son frère une confidente assez intime, puisque, au moment de sa grande débâcle, il n’avait rien osé lui dire non plus qu’à personne et s’était jugé perdu sans recours.