Audiobook Dictation: “She was a very nice girl…”

She was a very nice girl and not at all forward, and I cannot understand or excuse her conduct.

Era una muchacha muy agradable y nada atrevida, y no puedo entender ni disculpar su conducta.

Even then he tried to be strong.

Aun entonces él trató de ser fuerte.

"Don't!" he said tenderly, "don't worry.

—¡No! —dijo él con ternura—, no te preocupes.

It's all right--I was a fool. Pull yourself together--there's someone coming."

No pasa nada… he sido un tonto. Serénate… viene alguien».

"I don't care," she said, for the touch of his cheek, pressed against her hair, told her all that she wanted to know.

—No me importa —dijo ella, porque el roce de su mejilla, apretada contra su pelo, le decía todo lo que quería saber.

"Let them come, I don't care!

¡Que vengan, no me importa!

Oh, how could you be so silly and horrid?

¡Ay! ¿Cómo has podido ser tan tonto y tan horrible?

Oh, thank God, thank God!

¡Ay, gracias a Dios, gracias a Dios!

Oh, how could you?"

¡Ay! ¿Cómo has podido?».

Of course, a really honourable young man would have got out of the situation somehow.

Por supuesto, un joven verdaderamente honorable habría salido de la situación de algún modo.