When she began to go with me among the poor I did not know what love was.

I had never felt the power of it, nor did I think of the danger to all of us.

When at last it came upon me, and I saw what it meant, I resolved not to see Hester again until God had given me strength to subdue that passion.

For days my heart was near breaking.
When you asked me to tell you what made me sad, I had not the courage to do it.

Then I told you a lie.