In either case you would be the victim.

You cannot afford to make another false start in life.
Reject me! I have not a word to say against it.

But be on your guard against giving your existence up to him." "Why do you think so ill of Mr.Ratcliffe ?" asked Madeleine; "he always speaks highly of you.

Do you know anything against him that the world does not ?" "His public acts are enough to satisfy me," replied Carrington, evading a part of the question.

"You know that I have never had but one opinion about him." There was a pause in the conversation.