I don't even think that's supposed to be Robespierre's motivation. According to this characterization, it seems to me that he would be just as happy not having sex with anyone at this point. I guess his motivation is that he wants to stay with the Duplays and doesn't feel he can do that if he turns Éléonore down. Of course, it's never really explained why he would want to stay with people who are characterized as being so creepy.
Éléonore's reasoning here doesn't make a whole lot more sense to me either. I mean, it's clear she wants to marry Robespierre, I guess more because she figures she has to marry someone and he's not a bad choice than because she loves him - because she really doesn't seem to. (Although that would make her mourning him for the next 38 years make no sense...) But the weirdest thing is, she (completely illogically) seems to think he owes her marriage, even before they have sex. Why? I don't know, it makes no sense. And then I guess she agrees to sleep with him in order to blackmail him into marrying her, but is the prestige of being married to him really worth all that to any sane person? I think it's probably safe to say that the happiest marriages are not based on blackmail.
It's like I remarked à propos of the passage about the 10th of August. If she only wanted to keep him safe then because she wanted to keep tormenting him, it seems like she also only wants to marry him so she can keep tormenting him even longer. And what kind of a motivation is that, honestly?
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Éléonore's reasoning here doesn't make a whole lot more sense to me either. I mean, it's clear she wants to marry Robespierre, I guess more because she figures she has to marry someone and he's not a bad choice than because she loves him - because she really doesn't seem to. (Although that would make her mourning him for the next 38 years make no sense...) But the weirdest thing is, she (completely illogically) seems to think he owes her marriage, even before they have sex. Why? I don't know, it makes no sense. And then I guess she agrees to sleep with him in order to blackmail him into marrying her, but is the prestige of being married to him really worth all that to any sane person? I think it's probably safe to say that the happiest marriages are not based on blackmail.
It's like I remarked à propos of the passage about the 10th of August. If she only wanted to keep him safe then because she wanted to keep tormenting him, it seems like she also only wants to marry him so she can keep tormenting him even longer. And what kind of a motivation is that, honestly?
You're welcome to the translation, as long as it's credited. May I see your rant when it's done?