if, however...

«If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. If, however, your feelings have changed, I would have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love... I love... I love you. And I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.»

Mr. Darcy to Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen's masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice.

If, however... My affections and wishes have not changed.

So tell me that my hands are cold...