M*** était furieux, mais, pour comble de misère, tenait avant tout à ne point se donner, aux yeux de la Fausta qu’il savait moqueuse, le ridicule d’être jaloux.
M------ was furious, but, to crown his misery, he made a particular point of not letting himself appear in the eyes of Fausta, whom he knew to be of a mocking spirit, in the ridiculous character of a jealous lover.