As he had said, there was probably nothing at all extraordinary in the substance of the narrative itself: a wealthy Englishman's passion for a French dancer, and her treachery to him, were every-day matters enough, no doubt, in society; but there was something decidedly strange in the paroxysm of emotion which had suddenly seized him when he was in the act of expressing the present contentment of his mood, and his newly revived pleasure in the old hall and its environs.
Amint ő maga is megjegyezte: a történetben nem volt semmi rendkívüli; egy gazdag angol úr szenvedélye egy francia táncosnő iránt, s a táncosnő árulása bizonyára megszokott história a társaságban. De az a görcsös izgalom, amely elfogta, mikor mostani, nyugodtabb lelkiállapotáról és a hazatérés öröméről beszélt, az igenis rendkívüli volt.