英 语 学 习 资 料 1(17)

His constantly having to assuage his wife’s reproaches had begun to make Renaud d’Herblay regret the way he had educated his only child. Had he created one of those fierce warrior women who filled the novels that she read constantly - a Clorinde or a Bradamante - in an era where Amazons no longer existed other than in novels? Should he have let nuns transform that sparkling and energetic child that he loved into a fragile young girl who modestly lowered her gaze? That would have been as good as destroying the very soul of his child.