Ξαφνισμένη και χαρούμενη, που άκουσα τη γλώσσα της πατρίδας μου κι' όχι λιγώτερο απορώντας για τα λόγια, που μουρμούριζε αυτός ο άνθρωπος, του απάντησα, πως υπήρχανε μεγαλύτερες δυστυχίες απ' αυτήν που παραπονιότανε.
Astonished and delighted to hear my native language, and no less surprised at the young man's words, I told him that there were far greater misfortunes in the world than what he complained of. And to convince him of it, I gave him a short history of the horrible disasters that had befallen me; and as soon as I had finished, fell into a swoon again.