One day, as they were talking philosophically of earthly disillusions, to experiment on his jealousy, or yielding, perhaps, to an over-strong need to pour out her heart, she told him that formerly, before him, she had loved someone. "Not like you," she went on quickly, protesting by the head of her child that "nothing had passed between them."
Un jour qu’ils causaient philosophiquement des désillusions terrestres, elle vint à dire (pour expérimenter sa jalousie ou cédant peut-être à un besoin d’épanchement trop fort) qu’autrefois, avant lui, elle avait aimé quelqu’un, «pas comme toi!» reprit-elle vite, protestant sur la tête de sa fille qu’il ne s’était rien passé.