Much as you suffer now, think of what you would have suffered if the discovery of his character had been delayed to a later period--if your engagement had been carried on for months and months, as it might have been, before he chose to put an end to it.
Por mucho que sufras ahora, piensa en lo que habrías sufrido si el descubrimiento de su carácter se hubiera postergado para más adelante... si tu compromiso se hubiera alargado por meses y meses, como podría haber ocurrido, antes-de que él hubiera decidido terminarlo.