I fear that I have ruined your character and that it may be too late to save you from those passions which, if not checked, will spoil your life.
"I know that children sometimes inherit the evil that has abided with their parents, and I am certain that you have inherited mine, because while you stayed at home I saw many evidences of it, aye, I used to delight in its manifestation.

Toward the end of your stay at home I grew to hate you.

But it was because of that woman.

If ever there was an evil spirit in the guise of a human being, it was she.

She--well, you will learn more of her later.
"I am going to try at this late day to repair the damage I did you.