and I cannot confess without a blush, that the certainty of not being loved by you, as I am, appears to me so dreadful a misfortune, that if I had not invincible reasons grounded on my duty, I could not resolve to subject myself to it;
Nolanahi ere, ezin diezazuket ahalke gabe aitor, ezen, baldin ziurtasuna banu ez ninduzukeela gehiago maitatuko orain maite nauzun bezala, zinez zorigaitz beldurgarria litzatekekeela niretzat, baina, nire betekizunak ezin gaindituzko arrazoirik emango ez balit ere, zalantza egingo nukeela zorigaitz horren menpe jartzera menturatuko ote nintzatekeen.