he knew Madam de Cleves enough to be sensible that great importunities and eagerness would be disagreeable to her; but what he learned afterwards plainly convinced him that he ought to observe the same conduct a great while longer.
Sobera ezagutzen zuen Clevesko anderea, jarraitasun handiagoa desplazer izango zitzaiola jakiteko, baina gero jakin zuenak argi ikusarazi zion denbora luzean agertu beharko zuela jokamolde bera.