This will soon pass.

Think of your business affairs, and of your family waiting for you over there in Spain....
Besides, the world is full of women; I'm not the only one." But Ferragut interrupted her.

"Yes, she was the only one!...

The only one!..." And he said it with a conviction that awakened another one of her compassionate smiles.
This man's tenacity was beginning to irritate her.
"Captain, I know your type very well.

You are an egoist, like all other men.