How dark and long the hours of that night seemed to me! Before the dawn of day, I arose to read my theologians again, and see if I could not find someone who would allow me to forgive the sins of that dear child, without forcing her to tell me anything she had done.
Antes del amanecer, me levanté a leer nuevamente a mis teólogos para ver si encontrara a alguien que me permitiría perdonar los pecados de esa querida niña sin forzarla a decirme todo lo que había hecho.