If the strength of your reciprocal attachment had failed, as between many people, and under many circumstances it naturally would during a four years' engagement, your situation would have been pitiable, indeed."
Si hubiera flaqueado la fuerza de su mutuo afecto, como naturalmente ocurriría con tanta gente en tantas circunstancias a lo largo de un compromiso de cuatro años, su situación sería sin duda lamentable.