Nevertheless, had he been made a welcome guest at Fawn Court, he would undoubtedly have told his love to Lucy Morris.

He was not a welcome guest, but had been banished; and, as a consequence of that banishment, he had formed no resolution in regard to Lucy, and did not absolutely know whether she was necessary to him or not.

But Lucy Morris knew all about it.
Moreover, it frequently happens with men that they fail to analyse these things, and do not make out for themselves any clear definition of what their feelings are or what they mean.

We hear that a man has behaved badly to a girl, when the behaviour of which he has been guilty has resulted simply from want of thought.

He has found a certain companionship to be agreeable to him, and he has accepted the pleasure without inquiry.