He tried to reason himself out of fears, which the different judgment of the apothecary seemed to render absurd; but the many hours of each day in which he was left entirely alone, were but too favourable for the admission of every melancholy idea, and he could not expel from his mind the persuasion that he should see Marianne no more.
Intentó recurrir a la razón para superar temores que la opinión diferente del boticario hacía parecer absurdos; pero la gran cantidad de horas que cada día pasaba a solas eran demasiado propicias para alimentar pensamientos tristes, y no podía borrar de su mente la convicción de que no iba a ver más a Marianne con vida.