I ...

I will marry you ...

secretly ...

an you wish." Welcome darkness that hid her blushes! ...

she was so young--so ignorant of life and of the world--yet she felt that by her words, her promise, her renunciation of her will, she was surrendering something to this man, which she could never, never regain.
Did the first thought of fear, or misgiving cross her mind at this moment?
It were impossible to say.