After he got over his surprise at being, you know, turned down, he concluded he'd had a narrow escape from marrying an irrational person. Although, he did make a note to himself that the next time he proposed, it was perhaps not necessary to enumerate all of the women
Después de recuperarse de su sorpresa, ya saben, al ser rechazado, llegó a la conclusión de que había escapado por los pelos de casarse con una persona irracional, aunque, tomó nota, la próxima vez que pidiera la mano, quizás no sería necesaria