I will not linger on the subject, for I cannot yet bear disappointment such as this with composure.

Were I of different mould, I might, spite of coldness and pride, continue my addresses; and were you as other parents are, Caroline--Miss Hamilton might still be mine; a fashionable marriage it would still be, but, thank God, such will not be; even to bestow your child on one you might value more than me, you would not trample on her affections, you would not consent that she should be an unwilling bride, and I--oh! I could not--could not wed with one who loved me not.

My dream of happiness has ended--been painfully dispelled; the blow was unexpected, and has found me unprepared.

I leave England, lest my ungoverned feelings should lead me wrong.

Mrs.Hamilton," he continued, more vehemently, "you understand my peculiar feelings, and can well guess the tortures I am now enduring.
You know why I am reserved, because I dread the outbreak of emotion even in the most trifling circumstances.