But the young woman took care to remain inert, to answer his cries of anger by tearful submission, and to meet his coarseness by a proportionate display of humility and repentance.
La jeune femme s'étudiait à rester inerte, à répondre par des soumissions larmoyantes aux cris de sa colère, à se faire d'autant plus humble et plus repentante qu'il se montrait plus rude.