"In this at least I am sincere, though in all else I deserve no longer to be regarded as the child of such noble-minded beings as are my parents.

Spurn me from you as you will, this is no moment for equivocation and delay.

I have deceived your Grace.

I was about to bring down shame upon your house, to cause your indignant displeasure, my parents anguish, myself but endless remorseful misery.

To save all this, I would return home to implore the forgiveness, the protection of my parents; they alone can guard me from myself.