"If, therefore, an excuse for not keeping his promise should come to his friend within a few days," she added, "I shall know how to understand it. I shall then give over every expectation, every wish of his constancy. If he is satisfied with only regretting me, when he might have obtained my affections and hand, I shall soon cease to regret him at all."
« Par conséquent, se dit-elle, si son ami reçoit ces jours-ci une lettre ou il s’excuse de ne pouvoir tenir sa promesse, je saurai a quoi m’en tenir, et qu’entre lui et moi tout est fini. »