I began to cherish hopes I had no right to conceive: that the match was broken off; that rumour had been mistaken; that one or both parties had changed their minds.
Comencé a acariciar esperanzas que no tenía motivo alguno para concebir: que el enlace se hubiese roto, que el rumor hubiera sido infundado, que una de las dos partes hubiera rectificado su opinión.