And even if no one knew anything about it, they might get too fond of each other, and then there could be nothing but the misery of parting, after all. No gentleman, out of a ballad, could marry a farmer's niece.
即使没有人知道,他们也可能太喜欢对方了,到时候除了别离的痛苦,别无他法。没有哪个绅士能凭一首民谣娶一个农民的侄女。