Thus my pride, not my principle, my money, not my virtue, kept me honest; though, as it proved, I found I had much better have been sold by my she-comrade to her brother, than have sold myself as I did to a tradesman that was rake, gentleman, shopkeeper, and beggar, all together.
Ainsi ma vanité, non mes principes, mon argent, non ma vertu, me maintenaient dans l'honnêteté, quoique l'issue montra que j'eusse bien mieux fait de me laisser vendre par ma camarade à son frère que de m'être vendue à un marchand qui était bélître, gentilhomme, boutiquier et mendiant tout ensemble.