Her family wished to secure me because I was of a good race; and so did she. They showed her to me in parties, splendidly dressed. I seldom saw her alone, and had very little private conversation with her.
Elle et sa famille me désiraient à cause de ma naissance; on me montra ma fiancée au bal et splendidement vêtue; je la vis rarement seule, et j'eus très peu de conversations intimes.