I have simply told you the story of a hapless girl, whom you once knew.

Your face is the best witness that I can require of its truth.

Thank God I heard it in time.

Had it not been for that I might have been fool enough to have given you the answer you wanted, for I own that I liked you.

I am sure now that I did not love you, for had I done so, I should not have believed this tale; or if I had believed it, it would have crushed me.