He appeared surprised at my obstinacy, as he called it; told me I was unkind to myself, and unkind to him in it; that it was a crisis unlooked for upon us both, and impossible for either of us to foresee, but that he did not see any other way to save us both from ruin, and therefore he thought it the more unkind; but that if he must say no more of it to me, he added with an unusual coldness, that he did not know anything else we had to talk of; and so he rose up to take his leave. I rose up too, as if with the same indifference; but when he came to give me as it were a parting kiss, I burst out into such a passion of crying, that though I would have spoke, I could not, and only pressing his hand, seemed to give him the adieu, but cried vehemently.
Il parut surpris de mon obstination, comme il la nomma; me dit que j'étais cruelle envers moi-même, cruelle envers lui tout ensemble; que c'était pour nous deux une crise inattendue, mais qu'il ne voyait pas d'autre moyen de nous sauver de la ruine, d'où il lui paraissait encore plus cruel; mais que s'il ne devait plus m'en parler, il ajouta avec une froideur inusitée qu'il ne connaissait rien d'autre dont nous eussions à causer, et ainsi se leva pour prendre congé; je me levai aussi, apparemment avec la même indifférence, mais quand il vint me donner ce qui semblait un baiser d'adieu, j'éclatai dans une telle passion de larmes, que bien que j'eusse voulu parler, je ne le pus, et lui pressant seulement la main, parus lui donner l'adieu, mais pleurai violemment.