I could only satisfy her that not so much as the shadow of disappointment or mortification rested on my mind.

In this way I have, to some extent, succeeded in composing my poor darling.

But the wound has been inflicted, and the wound is felt.

There is no disguising that result.

I must face it boldly.
"Trifling as this incident is in my estimation, it has decided me on one point already.