"I don't know. Iwant him to come back. If he'll do that we'll let bygones be bygones. Afterall, we've been married for seventeen years. I'm a broadminded woman. Iwouldn't have minded what he did as long as I knew nothing about it. He mustknow that his infatuation won't last. If he'll come back now everything can besmoothed over, and no one will know anything about it."
请教老师:I wouldn't have mindedwhat he did as long as I knew nothing about it. 这里是理解成虚拟语气还是理解成对“已发生的事情”的推断?为何这里要用I wouldn't have minded,而不用 I wouldn't mind ?
结合前面所说的话, I wouldn't have minded...是说话人对自己过去的的反应的推断。她是个心胸开阔的人。以前只须她不知情,她都会不在意老公做什么。