I had, however, a great deal of satisfaction in having spoken my mind to him with freedom, and with such an honest plainness, as I have related; and though it did not at all work the way I desired, that is to say, to oblige the person to me the more, yet it took from him all possibility of quitting me but by a downright breach of honour, and giving up all the faith of a gentleman to me, which he had so often engaged by, never to abandon me, but to make me his wife as soon as he came to his estate.
«Eh bien, dit-il gaiement, cette paresse ne sert de rien», puis se lève et s'en va lui-même pour la chercher, mais revient aussi les mains vides, non qu'il n'eût pu la trouver, mais il n'avait nulle envie de jouer; et d'ailleurs le message qu'il avait donné à sa soeur avait trouvé son objet d'autre manière; car il désirait seulement me parler, ce qu'il avait fait, quoique non pas grandement à sa satisfaction.