Me, however, she found it no difficult task to deceive.
My uncle remonstrated against the union.

He took infinite pains to unveil my error, and to convince me that wedlock was improper for one destitute, as I was, of the means of support, even if the object of my choice were personally unexceptionable.
"His representations were listened to with anger.

That he thwarted my will in this respect, even by affectionate expostulation, cancelled all that debt of gratitude which I owed to him.

I rewarded him for all his kindness by invective and disdain, and hastened to complete my ill-omened marriage.

I had deceived the woman's father by assertions of possessing secret resources.