Why, all the morning he was saying to me that, whatever happened, I was to be true; and that even if something quite unforeseen occurred to separate us, I was always to remember that I was pledged to him, and that he would claim his pledge sooner or later.
Durante toda la mañana no paró de insistir en que, pasara lo que pasara, yo tenía que serle fiel, y que si algún imprevisto nos separaba, yo tenía que recordar siempre que estaba comprometida con él, y que tarde o temprano él vendría a reclamar sus derechos.