Poor Cyrus! His young affections were sadly misplaced.

But after all, though Cecily never relented towards him, he did not condemn himself to darkness alone till life was flown.

Quite early in life he wedded a stout, rosy, buxom lass, the very antithesis of his first love; he prospered in his undertakings, raised a large and respectable family, and was eventually appointed a Justice of the Peace.

Which was all very sensible of Cyrus..