Tom va colgar-se entre els llençols aquella nit, projectant una venjança contra Alfred Temple; perque, avergonyida i penedida, Becky li havia fet una narració completa, sense oblidar la seva propia traidoria. Pero fins i tot el daler de venjança hagué de cedir aviat a pensaments més gustosos, i a la fi va adormir-se amb les darreres paraules de Becky, somniosament penjades de la seva orella: -Tom!
Tom went to bed that night planning vengeance against Alfred Temple; for with shame and repentance Becky had told him all, not forgetting her own treachery; but even the longing for vengeance had to give way, soon, to pleasanter musings, and he fell asleep at last with Becky's latest words lingering dreamily in his ear--