"Yes, but you have at least this consolation, that you can say to yourself she has not quit you voluntarily, that if you learn no news of her, it is because all communication with you is interdicted; while I--"
Pero vos al menos tenéis el consuelo de deciros que no os ha abandonado voluntariamente; que si no tenéis noticias suyas es porque toda comunicación con vos le está prohibida, mientras que...