She was also displeased because, from all she heard of it, this affair was not one of those brilliant, graceful, Society liaisons which she approved, but a desperate Werther-like passion which might lead him into doing something foolish. She had not seen him since his sudden departure from Moscow, and through her eldest son she sent him word to come and see her.
Esto la hizo cambiar de opinión tanto como los informes que tuvo de que aquellas relaciones no eran brillantes y agradables, a estilo del gran mundo y tal como ella las aprobaba, sino una pasión a lo Werther, una pasión loca, según le contaban, y que podía conducir a las mayores imprudencias.