Had his wife then, after confessing her infidelity, left him, he would have been grieved and unhappy, but he would not have felt himself to be in such an unintelligible impasse as now.
Se la moglie, allora, rivelata la propria infedeltà, fosse fuggita, egli si sarebbe addolorato, sarebbe stato infelice, ma non si sarebbe trovato in quella condizione senza via d’uscita, assurda, in cui si trovava ora.