Her mother, full in favor with the parents of Henry, commanded her to accept him.

She engaged herself, yielding to her mother's wishes, because she had not strength to oppose them; and sometimes, when witness of her mother's and Mary's tyranny, she felt any change would be preferable, even such a one as this.

She knew her husband should be the man of her own selecting, one she was conscious of preferring before all others.
She could not say this of Henry.
In this dilemma, a visitor came to Aunt Abby's; one of her boy-favorites, George Means, from an adjoining State.

Sensible, plain looking, agreeable, talented, he could not long be a stranger to any one who wished to know him.

Jane was accustomed to sit much with Aunt Abby always; her presence now seemed necessary to assist in entertaining this youthful friend.