For the first time he vividly pictured to himself her personal life, her thoughts, her wishes; but the idea that she might and should have her own independent life appeared to him so dreadful that he hastened to drive it away.
Por primera vez imaginó la vida personal de su mujer, lo que pensaba, lo que sentía... La idea de que ella debía tener una vida propia le pareció tan terrible que se apresuró a apartarla de sí.