Violent as he had seemed in his despair, he, in truth, loved me far too well and too tenderly to constitute himself my tyrant: he would have given me half his fortune, without demanding so much as a kiss in return, rather than I should have flung myself friendless on the wide world.
Por muy grande que fuese su desesperación, me amaba demasiado para constituirse en mi tirano. El me habría dado la mitad de su fortuna, sin pedirme a cambio ni un solo beso, con tal de no verme lanzarme, como me lancé, sin medios ni amigos, a través del mundo.