He went on a good way with me, and I thought once or twice he was in earnest, but to my real affliction, I found at last he had a wife; but when he owned he had a wife he shook his head, and said with some concern, that indeed he had a wife, and no wife.
Mais je me souviens que je me dis secrètement: Je voudrais bien que la question fut posée franchement, et je réfléchirais très sérieusement avant de répondre NON.