It seemed to me that I had her insult and my absurdity to wipe out; I said to myself that if I spent every penny I had, I would win her and win my right to the place I had abandoned so quickly.
Il me semblait que j'avais son insulte et mon ridicule à faire oublier; je me disais que, dussé-je y dépenser ce que je possédais, j'aurais cette fille et prendrais de droit la place que j'avais abandonnée si vite.