But for Meaulnes at that moment there existed but one love, that unsatisfying love which had just been buffeted so cruelly, and the girl among all girls whom he ought to have protected and kept safe was precisely the girl whom he had just sent to her ruin.
Mais, pour Meaulnes, à ce moment, il n’existait plus qu’un seul amour, cet amour mal satisfait qu’on venait de souffleter si cruellement, et la jeune fille entre toutes qu’il eût dû protéger, sauvegarder, était justement celle-là qu’il venait d’envoyer à sa perte.