Nicol makes the decision to go through with an arranged marriage. Although he meets many prospective partners, all he can think about while talking to them is Catarina, so none of them get past the first meeting. Then, one day, his sister Sophia recommends that he read some romance novels for a change of pace.
but he hasn't even had an arranged 
marriage meeting, they say.
.بل لم يقم بأيّ لقاء زواج مدبّر حتّى حسبما يقولون
sondern er habe sogar noch an keinem
einzigen Heiratstreffen teilgenommen, heißt es.
sino que ni siquiera tuvo
una cita para ello.
sino que ni siquiera ha aceptado
una cita para ello.
et qu’il refuse toutes les rencontres
qu’on lui propose.
ma non ha ancora neanche avuto
 un incontro per combinare il matrimonio.
como que ele nunca nem tentou
arranjar um casamento.
он даже на смотрины
ни к кому ни разу не ходил!