Though he did not confide to her that it was of himself he spoke, the girl's instinct instantly told her that it was his own experience that he related, and her interest was deeply excited.
"Did she ever marry, Doctor ?" she asked eagerly.

"Oh, I hope she did not.

I might forgive her if she did not; but if she married I would never forgive her!" The Doctor's eyes, as they rested on her eager face, had a kindly expression in them, and a look of amusement lurked there also.
"No; she never married," he said.

"Nor did he." "Oh, I am glad of that," she exclaimed; and then more softly added, "I know he did not." Dr.Balsam gazed at her calmly.

He did not pursue the subject further.
He thought he had told his story in such a way as to convey the moral without disclosing that he spoke of himself.