translation.en: He had not understood, he said, that I was becoming attached to her, but when he saw with his own eyes that it was really so, and that she might be taken away from him, it gave him such a shock that for a time he was not responsible for what he said or did.
translation.fi: Hän sanoi, ettei ollut ymmärtänyt minun alkaneen kiintyä tyttöön, ja kun hän sen omin silmin näki, antoi se hänelle sellaisen iskun, ettei hän aluksi ollut vastuunalainen sanoistaan tai teoistaan.