I fear I shall be the cause of great discomfort, but I am sure in the end I shall be thanked.

I could not, with any sense of honour or propriety, permit such a thing as this marriage to be consummated, without at least warning your friends of the real position of this fellow.

I trust, Miss Ellstowe, you will inform them of what I have told you." "How can I?
Oh, Mr.Stevens!" said she, in a tone of deep distress, "this will be a terrible blow--it will almost kill Anne.

No, no; the task must not devolve on me--I cannot tell them.

Poor little thing! it will break her heart, I am afraid." "Oh, but you must, Miss Ellstowe; it would seem very impertinent in me--a stranger--to meddle in such a matter; and, besides, they may be aware of it, and not thank me for my interference." "No, I assure you they are not; I am confident they have not the most distant idea of such a thing--they would undoubtedly regard it as an act of kindness on your part.