But after spending two months alone in the country he became convinced that this time he was not in love as he had been when quite young – for his present feelings gave him not a moment's rest – and that he could not live unless the question whether she was to be his wife or not were decided; also that his despair had been the outcome of his own fancy, and that he had no proof that he would be rejected.
Ma, trascorsi due mesi in campagna, in solitudine, si era convinto che questo non era uno di quegli innamoramenti che aveva provato nella prima giovinezza; che questo sentimento non gli dava un attimo di tregua, che non poteva vivere senza risolvere la questione se ella sarebbe stata o no sua moglie; che la sua disperazione derivava solo dalla sua fantasia e che non aveva prova alcuna per credere di dover essere respinto.