She had noticed the inflection in her husband's voice, and knew that it would not be safe to retire to the boudoir; like all women who are compelled to study their husbands' characters in order to have their own way, and whose business it is to know exactly how far they can go without endangering a good understanding, she was very careful to avoid petty collisions in domestic life. It was Eugene who had brought about this untoward incident;
Gogoak eman bezala jokatu ahal izatekotz beren senarren izaeraren miatzera bortxaturik, konfiantza preziatu baten ez galtzeagatik noraino joan daitezkeen badakiten, eta, beraz, bizitzako gauza tikietan sekula kontra egiten ez dieten, emakume guztien antzera, kondesa hautemanik zegoen, kondearen ahotsaren goitibeheitien arabera, ez zela bat ere segurtasunik izanen apaingelan geldituz geroz. Eugène zen makur horien guztien sorburu.