He did not let himself think about this and did not think about it, yet at the bottom of his soul, without admitting it to himself or having any proofs or even suspicions of it, he nevertheless knew certainly that he was a wronged husband, and was therefore profoundly unhappy.
Non si permetteva di pensare questo, e non lo pensava; tuttavia in cuor suo, pur senza dirselo mai, e pur senza averne non solo prova alcuna, ma neppure fondato sospetto, sapeva con certezza d’essere un marito ingannato, ed era per questo profondamente infelice.