It is true I had my head full of pride, but, knowing nothing of the wickedness of the times, I had not one thought of my own safety or of my virtue about me; and had my young master offered it at first sight, he might have taken any liberty he thought fit with me; but he did not see his advantage, which was my happiness for that time.
Il est vrai que j'avais la tête pleine d'orgueil, mais, ne sachant rien des vices de ce temps, je n'avais pas une pensée sur ma vertu; et si mon jeune maître l'avait proposé à première vue, il eût pu prendre toute liberté qu'il eût cru bonne; mais il ne perçut pas son avantage, ce qui fut mon bonheur à ce moment.