But when the second moment had passed, when she found every doubt, every solicitude removed, compared her situation with what so lately it had been,--saw him honourably released from his former engagement, saw him instantly profiting by the release, to address herself and declare an affection as tender, as constant as she had ever supposed it to be,--she was oppressed, she was overcome by her own felicity;--and happily disposed as is the human mind to be easily familiarized with any change for the better, it required several hours to give sedateness to her spirits, or any degree of tranquillity to her heart.
Pero cuando hubo pasado el segundo momento -cuando desaparecieron todas sus dudas, todas sus cuitas; cuando pudo comparar su situación con la del último tiempo; cuando lo vio honorablemente libre de su anterior compromiso; cuando vio que aprovechaba su libertad para dirigirse a ella y declararle un amor tan tierno, tan constante como ella siempre lo había supuesto-, se sintió abrumada, dominada por su propia felicidad; y a pesar de la afortunada tendencia de la mente humana a aceptar rápidamente cualquier cambio para mejor, se necesitaron varias horas para devolverle la serenidad a su ánimo o algún grado de tranquilidad a su corazón.