The matter itself I could not deny, and vain was every endeavour to soften it.

She was previously disposed, I believe, to doubt the morality of my conduct in general, and was moreover discontented with the very little attention, the very little portion of my time that I had bestowed on her, in my present visit.

In short, it ended in a total breach.

By one measure I might have saved myself.

In the height of her morality, good woman! she offered to forgive the past, if I would marry Eliza.