but still you acted from motives of self-interest, my dear Maximilian, for you well knew that from the moment in which you had manifested an opposite spirit all would have been ended between us.

• 你是一个可敬的朋友，但你的这种行为却仍然是出于自私的动机，亲爱的马西米兰，因为你知道得很清楚，假如你表示出某些相反的意思，我们之间的一切就都完了。