If he had learned the secret of hisbirth through any other channel he would assuredly have been very wrothand very deeply pained, but after his quarrel with his brother, afterthe violent and brutal betrayal which had shaken his nerves, theagonizing emotion of his mother's confession had so bereft him of energythat he could not rebel.
S'il eût appris de toute autre manière le secretde sa naissance, il se serait assurément indigné et aurait ressenti unprofond chagrin; mais après sa querelle avec son frère, après cettedélation violente et brutale ébranlant ses nerfs, l'émotion poignantede la confession de sa mère le laissa sans énergie pour se révolter.