" Oh , that ’ s old history , my dear , " said Madame de Rênal with a smile , " and perhaps no harm has come of it . It was at the time when your good friend Valenod would not have minded their thinking at Verrières that a perfectly platonic little affection was growing up between him and me . "
- О, это старая история, моя дорогая, - сказала г-жа де Реналь с улыбкой, - и, возможно, никакого вреда от нее не произошло. Между ним и мной зародилась платоническая привязанность».
