respect to your father, who is wholly ignorant of English.
You are, I have no doubt, that son who is dutiful to his parents, and I do not imagine you wish to keep your happiness to yourself alone; rather you desire to share it with us, and to lighten upon us the burden of middle age — I do not say old age, lest your father be angry. Yet I fear that your desire may not be realized in this regard, since language will stand as an impassable barrier to understanding between him and Margaret — he who expects to keep company with you both far more than I shall — that is, if fortune favors me and I remain alive until I see the two of you together.. It truly pains me to imagine the loneliness your father will suffer after my going — with old age at the gates — whether he will or no...
As for your request for approval, and for our blessing upon you, in what concerns this marriage — you have it, my son, in any case. For your good sense and your poise, and your guarding of your dignity and your good name, whether near to us or far, until now, have filled us with gladness and pride, and awaken in us the assurance, and the hope, that you will keep to this course to the end. So may God bless you, my son, and illumine your mind, and guide you on the path to what holds your good and your happiness, O Mama's beloved.
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