First of all he decided that he would no longer hope for the exceptional happiness which marriage was to have given him, and consequently he would not underrate the present as he had done. Secondly, he would never again allow himself to be carried away by passion, the repulsive memory of which had so tormented him when he was making up his mind to propose.
Y, satisfecho de sí mismo, sólo deseó ser mejor, Decidió no pensar en la felicidad inasequible que le ofrecía su imposible matrimonio y contentarse con la que le deparaba la realidad presente; resistiría a las malas pasiones, como aquella que se apoderó de él el día en que se decidió a pedir la mano de Kitty.