In the depths of his heart he did not respect his mother and (though this he never acknowledged to himself) did not love her, but in accordance with the views of the set he lived in, and as a result of his education, he could not imagine himself treating her in any way but one altogether submissive and respectful; the more submissive and respectful he was externally, the less he honoured and loved her in his heart.
En realidad, en el fondo no respetaba a su madre; ni siquiera la quería, aunque de acuerdo con las ideas del ambiente en que se movía, no podía tratarla sino de un modo en sumo grado respetuoso y obediente, tanto más respetuoso y obediente cuanto menos la respetaba y la quería.