Word of all this had reached Diana, an unusually passionate, impulsive woman; she had written to him in unusually passionate, impulsive terms and his letter was designed to do away with her resentment of what she saw not as immoral conduct {she had no particular objection to immoral conduct} but as an intolerable public affront.
( Patrick O'Brian )
[ The Reverse of the Medal ]
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