I must now come back to brother Robin, as we always called him, who having got his mother's consent, as above, came big with the news to me, and told me the whole story of it, with a sincerity so visible, that I must confess it grieved me that I must be the instrument to abuse so honest a gentleman. But there was no remedy; he would have me, and I was not obliged to tell him that I was his brother's whore, though I had no other way to put him off; so I came gradually into it, to his satisfaction, and behold we were married.
Il me faut revenir maintenant au frère Robin, comme nous l'appelions toujours, et qui, ayant obtenu le consentement de sa mère, vint à moi tout gonflé de la nouvelle, et m'en dit l'histoire avec une sincérité si visible que je dois avouer que je fus affligée de servir d'instrument à décevoir un si honnête gentilhomme; mais il n'y avait point de remède, il voulait me prendre, et je n'étais pas obligée de lui dire que j'étais la maîtresse de son frère, quoique je n'eusse eu d'autre moyen de l'écarter; de sorte que je m'accommodai peu à peu, et voilà que nous fûmes mariés.