She had that morning repented of having told her husband and wished it were possible to unsay her words; and here was a letter treating her words as unsaid and giving her what she had desired; but now the letter appeared more terrible than anything she could have imagined.
Por la mañana estaba arrepentida de lo que había confesado a su marido y deseaba no haber pronunciado aquellas palabras. Y ahora la carta daba las palabras por no dichas: le concedía lo que ella deseaba.