Eliza had confessed to me, though most reluctantly, the name of her lover; and when he returned to town, which was within a fortnight after myself, we met by appointment, he to defend, I to punish his conduct.
Eliza me había confesado, aunque muy a desgana, el nombre de su amante; y cuando él volvió a la ciudad, quince días después de mí, nos citamos para encontrarnos, él para defender su conducta, yo para castigarla.