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.
Le dispiaceva inoltre che la relazione, da quanto aveva saputo, non fosse la brillante, graziosa relazione mondana ch’ella aveva approvata, ma una certa passione alla Werther, disperata, come le riferivano, capace di trascinare lui a fare delle sciocchezze.