I hardly think it is because he has no yearning for sympathy, no need of counsel, when he reluctantly admits to himself that that upon which he has ventured most is, in some measure, a disappointment.

Be this as it may, Mary may learn discretion from him--and the lesson conned should be forbearance with offensive peculiarities, and, what she names to her sore spirit, lack of appreciation.

Given the conditions of his fidelity and devotion--and she may well "down on her knees and thank God fasting for a good man's love.".