어쩌면 그는 옆에 있는 연약한 새처럼 작은 여자와 결혼했을지도 모릅니다. 네, 그러길 바랐습니다. 그래야만 그를 생각만 해도 가슴 한구석에서 느껴지는 설레는 감정을 즐기면서도 마음을 단단히 다잡을 수 있을 테니까요.

Maybe he was married to that fragile little birdlike woman beside him. Yes, she hoped that was the case. Then, she could enjoy the fluttery feeling she got in the pit of her stomach by just thinking about him, but keep her heart under lock and key.