a fine line

joli dialogue extrait (merci Federico) de The Line of Beauty d'Alan Hollinghurst :

"Im just looking up Lebanon, she said, after a minute.
- Oh yes......said Nick
- It sounds marvellous.  Mediterranean climate, well we knew that, and it says homosexuality is a delight.
- Really, said Nick.
- It does. "L'homosexualite est un délit", she read, sounding like general de Gaulle.
- Yes, délit is a crime, unfortunately.
- Oh, is it?
- Delight is délice, délit is a misdemeanour.
- Well, its bloody close...
- Well, they often are", said Nick, and felt rather pleased with himself."