Either Marguerite was very clever in deception, or she had conceived for me one of those sudden passions which are revealed in the first kiss, and which die, often enough, as suddenly as they were born.
Ou Marguerite était habile à tromper, ou elle avait pour moi une de ces passions subites qui se révèlent dès le premier baiser, et qui meurent quelquefois, du reste, comme elles sont nées.