Then I did not seem to care.
There were three men who wanted me.

I did not care much which it was, but I would not have anyone say that I had married for position--I hated the idea of that--and so I would have taken the third.

He was bright and pleasant, and all that sort of thing, and I thought that I could be happy with him, until George Lechmere opened my eyes.

Then, of course, that was over; but his story showed me still more what a fool I had been, what a heart I had thrown away, and I said, 'I will at least make an effort to undo the past.

I will not let my chance of happiness go away from me merely from false pride.