With the reputation of this fortune, I presently found myself blessed with admirers enough, and that I had my choice of men, as scarce as they said they were, which, by the way, confirms what I was saying before. This being my case, I, who had a subtle game to play, had nothing now to do but to single out from them all the properest man that might be for my purpose; that is to say, the man who was most likely to depend upon the hearsay of a fortune, and not inquire too far into the particulars; and unless I did this I did nothing, for my case would not bear much inquiry.
Avec cette réputation de fortune, je me trouvai bientôt comblée d'assez d'admirateurs où j'avais mon choix d'hommes; et moi, ayant à jouer un jeu subtil, il ne me restait plus rien à faire qu'à trier parmi eux tous le plus propre à mon dessein; c'est-à-dire l'homme qui semblerait le plus disposé à s'en tenir au ouï-dire sur ma fortune et à ne pas s'enquérir trop avant des détails: sinon je ne parvenais à rien, car ma condition n'admettait nulle investigation trop stricte.