He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought him.
Madame Bovary (1857) pt. 1, ch. 7 (translated by F. Steegmuller)
He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought him.
Madame Bovary (1857) pt. 1, ch. 7 (translated by F. Steegmuller)