I felt the truth of these words; and I drew from them the certain inference, that if I were so far to forget myself and all the teaching that had ever been instilled into me, as--under any pretext--with any justification--through any temptation--to become the successor of these poor girls, he would one day regard me with the same feeling which now in his mind desecrated their memory. I did not give utterance to this conviction: it was enough to feel it.
Comprendí que las palabras de Rochester eran sinceras, pero con todo, no podía sustraerme a la sensación de que, deseando él en cierto sentido hacerme sucesora de aquellas muchachas, podía llegar a experimentar por mí el mismo sentimiento de disgusto que ahora manifestaba hacia ellas.