But while he apparently studied to spare the feelings of Bois-Guilbert, he threw in, from time to time, such hints, as seemed to infer that he laboured under some temporary alienation of mind, so deeply did he appear to be enamoured of the damsel whom he brought along with him.
Szemmel láthatóan kímélni igyekezett Bois-Guilbert érzelmeit, de időnként egy-egy elejtett szóval arra célzott, hogy a lovag nyilván átmeneti elmezavarba esett, annyira bele­ha­barodott a nőszemélybe, akit magával hozott.