Clélia, qui voyait sa bonne foi mise en doute, l’accorda presque aussitôt, tout en lui faisant observer qu’elle se déshonorait à jamais aux yeux de Grillo.
Clelia, seeing a doubt cast on her sincerity, granted his request almost at once, reminding him at the same time that she was dishonouring herself for ever in Grillo's eyes.