As is frequently the case with irreproachably moral women who become tired of the monotony of a moral life, she from a distance not only excused a guilty love but even envied it.
Come in generale le donne moralmente irreprensibili, non di rado stanche dell’uniformità della loro vita morale, così ella, da lontano, non solo scusava l’amore colpevole, ma l’invidiava perfino.