Conditional perfectellos/ellas/ustedesconjugation ofofender.

ofender

Ahora bien, si hubiera empezado a hablar del tema delante de todos, lo más probable es que hubieran ridiculizado la cosa; o quizás algunos se habrían ofendido y se habrían marchado, y al hacerlo así habría perdido toda influencia sobre ellos.
Now if she had brought the subject before the whole of them together, very likely they would have turned it all into ridicule; or perhaps they would have been offended and left the house, and then she could have had no further influence over them.
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