As to love, the only woman he could have loved was Mme. Bonacieux; and Mme. Bonacieux had disappeared, without his being able to discover what had become of her.
Immers de eenige vrouw, die hij waarlijk had bemind, was juffrouw Bonacieux, en zij was verdwenen, zonder dat het hem mocht gelukken te ontdekken, wat er van haar geworden was.