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Une femme nous parait-elle aimable ? Nous la prenons pour cette moitié avec laquelle nous n'eussions fait qu'un ​tout. Le cœur dit la voila, c'est elle. mais a l’épreuve hélas. Trop souvent ce ne l'est point.

I don't understand why this form is used here.

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Ce n'est pas un subjonctif, mais un

  • conditionnel passé 2ème forme.

voir ici : https://commentconjuguer.com/verbe/faire

Mais c'est aussi désuet que l'imparfait du subjonctif.

This is not the subjunctive, but the past conditional second form.

See link above.

This is as old-fashioned as subjunctive past perfect.

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  • What is thhe difference bbetween this form and aurion fait form? and what does thhe sentence mean?
    – user21669
    Mar 18, 2021 at 18:24
  • @user21669 Exact same meaning as "aurions fait" for me, just more old-fashioned (XIXth century style). The whole sentence is about how sometimes we think we've found our moitié (half=soul-mate), but often it's not the case.
    – XouDo
    Mar 19, 2021 at 8:01

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