context: Cantwell reminisces about the past while Renata (an 18-year-old countess with whom Cantwell spends the last days of his life) lives in the present.
source: Cantwell is a character in opposition: a tough soldier yet a tender friend and lover.
reference_original: Cantwell est un personnage contradictoire : un soldat robuste, mais aussi un ami et amant tendre.
reference_flipped: Cantwell est un personnage contradictoire : une soldate robuste, mais aussi une amie et amante tendre.