The anonymous author makes no secret of his sympathy for the Marquis, portrayed as a man of thirty-five, kindly by nature and forced by the ruin of his family into a marriage of convenience.
O autor, anónimo, non disimula a súa simpatía polo marqués de E., descrito como un home duns 35 años, de carácter afábel. A familia deste, arruinada, teríao obrigado a casar por conveniencia.