There was another of the same place and qualifications who also sought her, and this made her father's choice hang in the balance, for he felt that on either of us his daughter would be well bestowed; so to escape from this state of perplexity he resolved to refer the matter to Leandra (for that is the name of the rich damsel who has reduced me to misery), reflecting that as we were both equal it would be best to leave it to his dear daughter to choose according to her inclination—a course that is worthy of imitation by all fathers who wish to settle their children in life. I do not mean that they ought to leave them to make a choice of what is contemptible and bad, but that they should place before them what is good and then allow them to make a good choice as they please.
Con todas estas mismas partes la pidió también otro del mismo pueblo, que fue causa de suspender y poner en balanza la voluntad del padre, a quien parecía que con cualquiera de nosotros estaba su hija bien empleada; y, por salir desta confusión, determinó decírselo a Leandra, que así se llama la rica que en miseria me tiene puesto, advirtiendo que, pues los dos éramos iguales, era bien dejar a la voluntad de su querida hija el escoger a su gusto: cosa digna de imitar de todos los padres que a sus hijos quieren poner en estado: no digo yo que los dejen escoger en cosas ruines y malas, sino que se las propongan buenas, y de las buenas, que escojan a su gusto.