Before my husband died his elder brother was married, and we, being then removed to London, were written to by the old lady to come and be at the wedding. My husband went, but I pretended indisposition, and that I could not possibly travel, so I stayed behind; for, in short, I could not bear the sight of his being given to another woman, though I knew I was never to have him myself.
Avant que mon mari mourût, son frère aîné se maria, et comme à cette époque nous avions quitté la ville pour habiter Londres, la vieille dame nous écrivit pour nous prier aux noces; mon mari y alla, mais je feignis d'être indisposée, et ainsi je pus rester à la maison; car, en somme, je n'aurais pu supporter de le voir donné à une autre femme, quoique sachant bien que jamais plus je ne l'aurais à moi.