Madame de Renal yielded without protest to her husband's orders, 'ïf I were to appear at the Assize Court,' she told herself, 'I should seem to be demanding vengeance.'
Mme de Rênal céda sans peine aux ordres de son mari. Si je paraissais à la cour d’assises, se disait-elle, j’aurais l’air de demander vengeance.