Diana had torn the veil which had before kept him in his boyhood: he was become a man and he was surprised how he could ever have joined in the cant words and ideas of his fellow collegiates or how for a moment he had feared the censure of such as these.

He discarded his old friendships not from fickleness but because they were indeed unworthy of him.

Diana filled up all his heart: he felt as if by his union with her he had received a new and better soul.

She was his monitress as he learned what were the true ends of life.

It was through her beloved lessons that he cast off his old pursuits and gradually formed himself to become one among his fellow men; a distinguished member of society, a Patriot; and an enlightened lover of truth and virtue .-- He loved her for her beauty and for her amiable disposition but he seemed to love her more for what he considered her superior wisdom.