But after spending two months alone in the country he became convinced that this time he was not in love as he had been when quite young – for his present feelings gave him not a moment's rest – and that he could not live unless the question whether she was to be his wife or not were decided; also that his despair had been the outcome of his own fancy, and that he had no proof that he would be rejected.
No obstante, después de haber pasado dos meses en la soledad de su pueblo, comprendió que el sentimiento que le absorbía ahora no se parecía en nada a los entusiasmos de su primera juventud, pues no le dejaba momento de reposo, y vio claro que no podría vivir sin saber si Kitty podría o no llegar a ser su mujer. Comprendió, además, que sus temores eran hijos de su imaginación y que no tenía ningún serio motivo para pensar que hubiera de ser rechazado.