You see we may both be wrong--I as much as you; but I firmly believe that I am in the right.

If you make a statement contrary to mine I shall appear before the judges as a liar.

We are now betrothed--we are but one, wholly one; what damages or dignifies one of us humiliates or elevates the other.

If you, who love me--you, who, as it is already whispered, are soon to be the mistress of the governor's house--make a statement opposed to mine they are certain to believe it.

You see, your whole nature is pure kindness, but you are still too young and innocent quite to understand all the duties of that omnipotent love which beareth and endureth all things.