Un sentimento istintivo pretendeva la giustificazione e la dimostrazione della colpa di lei; ma mostrare la colpa di lei significava irritarla maggiormente e aumentare quel distacco che era la causa di tutta la pena. ###>His natural feelings prompted him to justify himself and prove that she was in the wrong; but to prove her in the wrong would mean irritating her still more, and widening the breach which was the cause of all the trouble.