Charles knew not what to answer: he respected his mother, and he loved his wife infinitely; he considered the judgment of the one infallible, and yet he thought the conduct of the other irreproachable.
Charles ne savait que répondre; il respectait sa mère, et il aimait infiniment sa femme; il considérait le jugement de l’une comme infaillible, et cependant il trouvait l’autre irréprochable.