"That, then, was the way in which I was captured.

I was in love, as it is called; not only did she appear to me a perfect being, but I considered myself a white blackbird.

It is a commonplace fact that there is no one so low in the world that he cannot find some one viler than himself, and consequently puff with pride and self-contentment.

I was in that situation.

I did not marry for money.