I will engage to bring her up honourably as a respectable middle-class girl should be brought up.

Her mind is still uncorrupted, she is still in the hands of God, and I will undertake to the day of my death to preserve her reputation.

All I require of you is that neither you yourself, nor any member of your family, ever think of her again.

God will help me to carry out my good resolution.

And one thing more, in case you reject my offer I shall petition the highest authorities to favour my request which may have very unpleasant consequences for you, for I am prepared to go to the Prince Primate of Hungary himself, and explain to him the reasons which have induced me to come forward in this manner.