"You will excuse my troubling you, I am sure," said she, as my companion rose to greet her, "but I have had a very strange experience, and as I have no parents or relations of any sort from whom I could ask advice, I thought that perhaps you would be kind enough to tell me what I should do."
––Estoy segura de que me perdonará que le moleste ––dijo mientras mi compañero se levantaba para saludarla––. Pero me ha ocurrido una cosa muy extraña y, como no tengo padres ni familiares a los que pedir consejo, pensé que tal vez usted tuviera la amabilidad de indicarme qué debo hacer.