I have erred against every common-place notion of decorum; I have been open and sincere where I ought to have been reserved, spiritless, dull, and deceitful--had I talked only of the weather and the roads, and had I spoken only once in ten minutes, this reproach would have been spared."
He sido abierta y sincera allí donde debí ser reservada, opaca, desganada y falsa. Si sólo hubiera conversado del clima y de los caminos, y si sólo hubiera hablado una vez en diez minutos, me habría salvado de este reproche.