Moriaz: "Be assured I have suffered more than you.

Forgive me; much should be forgiven a man who has suffered much.

My imagination is subject to the wildest alarms.

Great, unlooked-for joy has rendered me mistrustful.
I have been especially low-spirited of late.

After having resolutely fought against my happiness, I tremble now lest it escape me; it appears to me too beautiful not to prove only a dream.