I had indeed made my proposal from the idea that he wished and would ask me to be his wife: an expectation, not the less certain because unexpressed, had buoyed me up, that he would claim me at once as his own.
Én mindenesetre abból a feltevésből indultam ki, hogy ő ma is feleségül akar venni engem. Ha nem mondta is ma, biztosra vettem, hogy régi szándékát nem másította meg.