I have not changed my mind, nor am I guilty of any special fickleness.

But circumstances have arisen which make it impossible for me to keep my engagement.

Captain Bertram sees this as plainly as I do.

He is very thankful to be released." "Then he is a scoundrel, I thought as much." "No, he isn't that.

But he has been weak, poor fellow, and harassed, and tempted.