"Then we had a talk as to what we should do, and Frank was all for openness, but I was so ashamed of it all that I felt as if I should like to vanish away and never see any of them again--just sending a line to pa, perhaps, to show him that I was alive.
––Entonces discutimos lo que debíamos hacer, y Frank era partidario de revelarlo todo, pero a mí me daba tanta vergüenza que prefería desaparecer y no volver a ver a nadie; todo lo más, escribirle unas líneas a papá para hacerle saber que estaba viva.