Though he had imagined his ideas about family life to be most exact, he, like all men, had involuntarily pictured it to himself as merely the enjoyment of love – which nothing should be allowed to hinder and from which one should not be distracted by petty cares.
Aunque pensaba conocer muy bien la vida familiar, él, como todos los hombres, no la imaginaba sino como un goce del amor no obstaculizado por nada y del que debían apartarse todas las pequeñas preocupaciones.