If I was even certain that your letters would be such as would give me no cause of discontent, and that I could always be conscious I was sufficiently justified in receiving them, then, perhaps, the desire of proving to you that reason, not hatred, guided me, would make me surmount those powerful considerations, and cause me to do what I ought not, in giving you sometimes permission to write to me;
Baldin segurantza osoz baneki bederen zure gutunak nik sekula deitoratu behar ez nituzkeen moldekoak ziratekeela, gutun horiek hartu izana neure buruari betiere justifikatzen ahal niola! Beharbada orduan arrazoiak eta ez herrak gidatzen nauela zuri frogatu nahiak bultzatuko ninduke arrazoipide ahaltsu horiei kasu ez ematera, eta egin behar nukeena baina askoz gehiago egitera, noizean behin niri izkiriatzeko baimena zuri ematera.