It cost her nothing to keep this mask on her face, which gave her an appearance of icy frigidity.
When Laurent entered the shop, he found her glum, her nose longer, her lips thinner.

She was ugly, cross, unapproachable.

Nevertheless, she did not exaggerate her effects, but only played her former part, without awakening attention by greater harshness.

She experienced extraordinary pleasure in deceiving Camille and Madame Raquin.

She was aware she was doing wrong, and at times she felt a ferocious desire to rise from table and smother Laurent with kisses, just to show her husband and aunt that she was not a fool, and that she had a sweetheart.
At moments, she felt giddy with joy; good actress as she proved herself, she could not on such occasions refrain from singing, when her sweetheart did not happen to be there, and she had no fear of betraying herself.