The night before he left home, happening to see him walking in the garden about sunset, and remembering, as I looked at him, that this man, alienated as he now was, had once saved my life, and that we were near relations, I was moved to make a last attempt to regain his friendship.
La sera precedente alla sua partenza per Cambridge passeggiavo sola nel giardino. Guardandolo, mi rammentai che, nonostante la sua durezza, mi aveva salvata la vita e che eravamo parenti, e volli fare un ultimo sforzo per riconquistare il suo affetto.