though I am far from accusing you of cruelty at present, because I know it to be the established custom of your sex to reject a man on the first application, and perhaps you have even now said as much to encourage my suit as would be consistent with the true delicacy of the female character."
nahiz eta oraintxe bertan ere lekutan nagoen zuri doilorkeriarik leporatzetik, bai baitakit lehenengo galdatzean gizonari ezezkoa ematea zure sexukoen artean ezarritako ohitura dena, eta, bestalde, zuk oraingo honetan horrenbeste esan izana ni berriz ere zuri mandatu egitera bultzatzeko modua izan daitekeela, emakume-jitearen benetako delikadeziari legokiokeen bezala".