It was necessary to keep the ascendant I had obtained, and I therefore preserved a sang froidthat would have done honour to the continence of Scipio; and without taking the smallest liberty with her, which her ruddy countenance, and the opportunity, perhaps, gave her a right to hope;
Aise sumatzen bainuen neskatila hura nik zenbatenaz umiliatu, hanbatenaz aiseago edukiko nuela neure mende, ez egoeraz ez beztiduraz aldatzen utzi nion; eta neure sehiari neure gelan iguriki nezala manatu ondoren, haren ondoan eseri nintzen ohe arras nahaspilatuaren gainean, eta solasari lotu nintzaion.