But the hope which always springs up with love was not weakened in Lothario by this repelling demeanour; on the contrary his passion for Camilla increased, and she discovering in him what she had never expected, knew not what to do; and considering it neither safe nor right to give him the chance or opportunity of speaking to her again, she resolved to send, as she did that very night, one of her servants with a letter to Anselmo, in which she addressed the following words to him.
La cual, habiendo visto en Lotario lo que jamás pensara, no sabía qué hacerse. Y, pareciéndole no ser cosa segura ni bien hecha darle ocasión ni lugar a que otra vez la hablase, determinó de enviar aquella mesma noche, como lo hizo, a un criado suyo con un billete a Anselmo, donde le escribió estas razones: