They might have said, as I have no doubt they thought, that they had believed me to be without any friends save them: for, indeed, I had often said so; but, with their true natural delicacy, they abstained from comment, except that Diana asked me if I was sure I was well enough to travel. I looked very pale, she observed.
Podían haberme preguntado qué amigo era, ya que yo solía afirmar que no tenía otros que ellas, pero con su innata delicadeza se abstuvieron de preguntarme nada. Diana me preguntó si me encontraba en condiciones de viajar, ya que le parecía verme muy pálida.