And now, though I was still all on fire with his first visit, and said little, he did as it were put words in my mouth, telling me how passionately he loved me, and that though he could not mention such a thing till he came to this estate, yet he was resolved to make me happy then, and himself too; that is to say, to marry me, and abundance of such fine things, which I, poor fool, did not understand the drift of, but acted as if there was no such thing as any kind of love but that which tended to matrimony; and if he had spoke of that, I had no room, as well as no power, to have said no; but we were not come that length yet.
Et maintenant, quoique je fusse encore toute en feu de sa première visite, ne pouvant parler que peu, il semblait qu'il me mît les paroles dans la bouche, me disant combien passionnément il m'aimait, et comment il ne pouvait rien avant d'avoir disposition de sa fortune, mais que dans ce temps-là il était bien résolu à me rendre heureuse, et lui-même, c'est-à-dire de m'épouser, et abondance de telles choses, dont moi pauvre sotte je ne comprenais pas le dessein, mais agissais comme s'il n'y eût eu d'autre amour que celui qui tendait au mariage; et s'il eût parlé de l'autre je m'eusse trouvé ni lieu ni pouvoir pour dire non; mais nous n'en étions pas encore venus à ce point-là.