Even THEN, however, when fully determined on paying my addresses to her, I allowed myself most improperly to put off, from day to day, the moment of doing it, from an unwillingness to enter into an engagement while my circumstances were so greatly embarrassed.
Incluso entonces, sin embargo, cuando estaba completamente decidido a plantearle mi amor, me permití contra todo decoro postergar día a día el momento de hacerlo, llevado por mi renuencia a establecer un compromiso mientras siguiera en tan grandes apuros económicos.