I should suffer often, no doubt, attached to him only in this capacity: my body would be under rather a stringent yoke, but my heart and mind would be free. I should still have my unblighted self to turn to: my natural unenslaved feelings with which to communicate in moments of loneliness.
Pero ser su mujer, permanecer siempre a su lado, vivir siempre sometida, constreñida, esforzándome en apagar la llama que me devoraba, me sería insoportable.