You intend to make yourself a complete stranger to me: to live under this roof only as Adele's governess; if ever I say a friendly word to you, if ever a friendly feeling inclines you again to me, you will say,--'That man had nearly made me his mistress: I must be ice and rock to him;' and ice and rock you will accordingly become."
Te propones convertirte para mí en una extraña, vivir bajo mi mismo techo exclusivamente como institutriz de Adèle, rechazando mis palabras y mis aproximaciones como si fueras de piedra y de hielo.