I write without any intention of paining you , or humbling myself , by dwelling on wishes , which , for the happiness of both , cannot be too soon forgotten ; and the effort which the formation and the perusal of this letter must occasion should have been spared , had not my character required it to be written and read 我曾经衷心地希望我们双方会幸福，可是我不想在这封信里再提到这些，免得使你痛苦，使我自己受委屈。我所以要写这封信，写了又要劳你的神去读，这无非是拗不过自己的性格，否则便可以双方省事，免得我写你读。
Princess maryas sense of personal dignity was wounded by her own agitation at the arrival of her suitor , and still more was she mortified that her two companions should not even conceive that she ought not to be so agitated . to have told them how ashamed she was of herself and of them would have been to betray her own excitement . besides , to refuse to be dressed up , as they suggested , would have been exposing herself to reiterated raillery and insistence 公爵小姐玛丽亚觉得受委屈，有损她的自尊心，那个许配给她的未婚夫的来临，弄得她心情激动，使她更受委屈的是，她的两个女友预测这件事只能这样办，如果告诉她们说她为自己也为她们而感到羞愧的话，那就是说暴露了她自己的激动心情，如果拒绝她们给她穿着，势必会导致长时间的取笑和聒絮。
