When he was there he took me in his arms, and so I lay all night with him, but he had no more to do with me, or offered anything to me, other than embracing me, as I say, in his arms, no, not the whole night, but rose up and dressed him in the morning, and left me as innocent for him as I was the day I was born. This was a surprising thing to me, and perhaps may be so to others, who know how the laws of nature work; for he was a strong, vigorous, brisk person; nor did he act thus on a principle of religion at all, but of mere affection; insisting on it, that though I was to him to most agreeable woman in the world, yet, because he loved me, he could not injure me.
Je fis quelque résistance, mais je dois avouer que je ne lui eusse pas résisté beaucoup, même s'il n'eût fait nulle de ces promesses; si bien qu'après une petite lutte, je restai tranquille, et le laissai entrer dans le lit; quand, il s'y fut couché, il m'entoura de ses bras, et ainsi je couchai toute la nuit près de lui; mais il ne me fit rien de plus ou ne tenta rien d'autre que de m'embrasser, dis-je, dans ses bras, non vraiment, et de toute la nuit; mais se leva et s'habilla le matin, et me laissa aussi innocente pour lui que le jour où je fus née....