Thinking that, after all, he should lose nothing, Charles promised himself to ask her in marriage as soon as occasion offered, but each time such occasion did offer the fear of not finding the right words sealed his lips.
Pentsatuz ezen, azken finean, ez zuela deus arriskatzen, Charlesek bere buruari agindu zion egingo zuela eskaera, horretarako aukera eskainiko zitzaionean;