"In the meantime, however busy and full I was of my new engagement with the Queen, I still kept fair with Madam de Themines by a natural inclination which it was not in my power to conquer;
"Nolanahi ere, erreginarekiko lotura berri horrek nire gogoa asetzen eta betetzen bazuen ere, berezko isuri ezin garaituzko bat sentitzen nuen Theminesko anderearen aldera.