No doubt it was terrible that he also should have been deceived; that he should have believed that impossible thing, that he could have conceived of a stab dealt by her who would have given a thousand lives for him.
Sans doute il était affreux qu’il eût été trompé aussi lui, qu’il eût cru cette chose impossible, qu’il eût pu comprendre un coup de poignard venu de celle qui eût donné mille vies pour lui.