He felt that the love that united him with Anna was not momentary infatuation, which would pass, as Society intrigues do, without leaving any trace in the lives of the one or the other except pleasant or disagreeable memories.
Sentía que su amor por Ana no era una pasión momentánea, que se disiparía como se disipan las relaciones mundanas, sin dejar en la vida de ambos otras huellas que recuerdos agradables o desagradables.