But he wished her also to understand at the same time that this did not in the least mar his love for her; that he did not join her at all in her uncle's fault.

All this he was anxious to convey to her, but he did not know how to get it said in a manner that would not be offensive to her personally, and that should not appear to accuse himself of sordid motives.

He had begun by declaring that he would tell her all; but sometimes it is not easy, that task of telling a person everything.
There are things which will not get themselves told.
"You mean, dearest," said she, "that you cannot afford to marry at once." "Yes; that is it.

I had expected that I should be able, but--" Did any man in love ever yet find himself able to tell the lady whom he loved that he was very much disappointed on discovering that she had got no money?
If so, his courage, I should say, was greater than his love.

Crosbie found himself unable to do it, and thought himself cruelly used because of the difficulty.