You know I have. Had not my feelings decided against you--had they been indifferent, or had they even been favourable, do you think that any consideration would tempt me to accept the man who has been the means of ruining, perhaps for ever, the happiness of a most beloved sister?"
Quand vous ne m’auriez pas été indifférent, quand meme j’aurais eu de la sympathie pour vous, rien au monde n’aurait pu me faire accepter l’homme responsable d’avoir ruiné, peut-etre pour toujours, le bonheur d’une sour tres aimée.