A simple sentence served as a pretext for passing from their trivial chat to the confession of her adultery, and she did this so naturally that Madeleine was able to listen to her story without a frown.

Une simple phrase lui servit de transition pour passer de leur causerie banale à la confession de son adultère. Elle fit cela si naturellement, que Madeleine put recueillir son aveu sans sourciller.

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Now he had no one to love; the fatal knot which had already been tied' between James and Madeleine seemed to him so strong, so living, that he accused them of adultery, as though they had, the night bo-fore, surrendered themselves to each other.

Maintenant il n’avait plus personne à aimer; le lien fatal qui s’était noué jadis entre Jacques et Madeleine, lui paraissait si solide, si vivant, qu’il les accusait d’adultère, comme s’ils se fussent, la veille encore, livrés l’un à l’autre.

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Examples might include stoning to death individuals taken in adultery, or lopping off the hands of a thief.

On pourrait citer comme exemples des peines qui consisteraient à lapider des personnes adultères ou à trancher les mains des voleurs.

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committed adultery, or

soit commis l'adultère

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There was no longer any question of Berthe; the adultery had disappeared before this personal quarrel.

Il n'était plus question de Berthe, l'adultère avait disparu dans cette querelle personnelle.

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At this appreciation of adultery there ensued another pause.

Sur cette appréciation de l'adultère, il y eut un silence.

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« It is well written; but there is another adultery, it is really becoming wearisome! "

Il est bien écrit; mais encore un adultère, ça finit vraiment par être fastidieux!

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He no longer saw Madeleine in James's arms, he no longer tortured his mind by evoking the spectacle of this strange adultery which locked his wife and friend in such a close embrace.

Il ne voyait plus Madeleine entre les bras de Jacques, il ne se torturait plus en évoquant le spectacle de cet étrange adultère qui unissait d’une étreinte chaude sa femme et son ami.

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" Dear me! " murmured he at length, " these authors exaggerate; adultery is very rare amongst educated people.

– Mon Dieu! murmura-t-il enfin, ces auteurs exagèrent, l'adultère est très rare parmi les classes bien élevées....

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The gentleman goes back to his bachelor life, the lady commences her life of adultery.

Monsieur reprend sa vie de garçon, Madame commence sa vie de femme adultère.

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Her pride could never have become inured to the agitations of mind and the cruel wounds inflicted on the senses by adultery: she must live surrounded by esteem and peace, in an atmosphere where she could walk with her head erect.

Son orgueil n’aurait pu s’accommoder des secousses, des blessures de l’adultère; il lui fallait un milieu d’estime et de paix, un air où elle marchât le front haut.

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She made a solemn vow never to go to sleep again, and to keep her eyes always open, so as never again to commit, by William's side, this adultery into which her sleep betrayed her.

Elle jurait de ne plus dormir, de tenir toujours les yeux ouverts, pour ne plus commettre, au côté même de Guillaume, cet adultère auquel son sommeil la jetait.

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But the sight of Chaine, to whom no one spoke about the 'Woman taken in Adultery,' and who went silently wandering around, awakened Claude's compassion.

Mais la vue de Chaîne, auquel personne ne parlait de sa Femme adultère, et qui errait silencieux, l’apitoya.

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An abomination of Chaine's, a 'Christ pardoning the Woman taken in Adultery,' made them pause; it was a group of dry figures that looked as if cut out of wood, very bony of build, and seemingly painted with mud.

Une abomination de Chaîne les arrêta, un Christ pardonnant à la femme adultère, de sèches figures taillées dans du bois, d’une charpente osseuse violaçant la peau, et peintes avec de la boue.

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