He recalled the women and girls he had known, but try as he would he could not recall one who united in herself to such a degree all, literally all, the qualities which he, thinking the matter over in cold blood, would desire in a wife.
Per quante donne e fanciulle note ricordasse, non poteva ricordare una ragazza che riunisse fino a tal punto tutte le qualità ch’egli, ragionando freddamente, desiderava di vedere in sua moglie.