No doubt she had heard that I had gone away, and had thus been reassured as to the consequences of our rupture; but, seeing me again in Paris, finding herself face to face with me, pale as I was, she must have realized that I had not returned without purpose, and she must have asked herself what that purpose was.
Sans doute elle avait appris mon départ, qui l'avait tranquillisée sur la suite de notre rupture; mais me voyant revenir, et se trouvant face à face avec moi, pâle comme je l'étais, elle avait compris que mon retour avait un but, et elle devait se demander ce qui allait avoir lieu.