There could not then have been on her part anything but the hope of finding in me a sincere affection, able to give her rest from the mercenary loves in whose midst she lived; and on the very second day I had destroyed this hope, and paid by impertinent irony for the love which I had accepted during two nights.
Bestetik, nere maitale izatera ezerk ez zuen behartzen, zeren nere ondareak ez baitziren aski haren premietarako; ezta gutizietarako ere. Neregan maitasun zintzoa aurkitzeko itxaropena besterik ez zuen ikusi, eguneroko salerosketa-maitasun haietatik atseden hartuko zuelakoan.