« Le prince m’a trompée, se disait-elle, et avec quelle lâcheté !… Cet homme est sans excuse : il a de l’esprit, de la finesse, du raisonnement ; il n’y a de bas en lui que ses passions.
"The Prince has betrayed me," she said to herself, "and in how dastardly a way! There is no excuse for the man: he has brains, discernment, he is capable of reasoning; there is nothing base in him but his passions.