...will be forgiven if it needs forgiveness, when we can avow ourselves. My love, my fortunes are yours. It is as much for your sake as my own that I wish to conceal our marriage. I could not endure to think of all you would undergo if I left you in...

...right. You . . . you make me feel I am ruining your prospects, and I wanted to forget it!" enough. It is as much for your sake as my own that I propose the plan. We shall have our happiness without paying for it; you will never be distressed by...