"Let us think of your future, my darling.

Nay, let me call you darling once more.

My death provides for you, for your marriage-settlement will come into force.

You will have to live differently, my Felicita; all the splendor and the luxury I would have surrounded you with must be lost.
But there will be enough, and my mother will manage your household well for you.

Be kind to my poor mother, and comfort her.