To agree to a divorce – to give her her freedom – would mean, as he looked at it, to deprive himself of the only thing that bound him to life, the children he loved, and to deprive her of the last support on the path of virtue and cast her to perdition.
Consentire al divorzio, dare a lei la libertà significava troncare l’ultimo suo legame con la vita dei bambini che amava e privar lei dell’ultimo sostegno sulla via del bene, e gettarla nella rovina.