The first time I found St. John alone after this communication, I felt tempted to inquire if the event distressed him: but he seemed so little to need sympathy, that, so far from venturing to offer him more, I experienced some shame at the recollection of what I had already hazarded.
Quando mi trovai sola con Saint-John, fui tentata di domandargli se non era afflitto per quel matrimonio, ma pareva che egli desiderasse così poco il tributo della simpatia, che non osai consolarlo.