She did not wish to tell me beforehand, for she knew that, though I had consented to it, the sale, so necessary to our future happiness, was painful to me, and she feared to wound my self-respect in speaking to me about it.
Elle n'aura pas voulu me prévenir, car elle sait que, quoique je l'accepte, cette vente, nécessaire à notre bonheur à venir, m'est pénible, et elle aura craint de blesser mon amour-propre et ma délicatesse en m'en parlant.