This heightened his impatience, and, indeed, perplexed him beyond all bearing; for now he began to suspect that there was some mystery yet unfolded, but could not make the least guess at the real particulars of it; all that ran in his brain was, that I had another husband alive, which I could not say in fact might not be true, but I assured him, however, there was not the least of that in it; and indeed, as to my other husband, he was effectually dead in law to me, and had told me I should look on him as such, so I had not the least uneasiness on that score.
Ceci accrut son impatience qui vraiment l'inquiéta plus qu'on ne saurait supporter; car, maintenant, il commença de soupçonner qu'il y avait quelque mystère encore enveloppé, mais ne put en approcher, si fort qu'il devinât; tout ce qui courait dans sa cervelle était que j'avais un autre mari vivant, mais je l'assurai qu'il n'y avait nulle parcelle de telle chose en l'affaire; en vérité, pour mon autre mari, il était réellement mort pour moi et il m'avait dit de le considérer comme tel, de sorte que je n'avais pas la moindre inquiétude sur ce chapitre.