You would only make the girl unhappy, and the marriage would remain an eternal secret.' Thereupon he said that if I did not believe his word of honour and his oath, he was ready to deposit with me sixty thousand florins, ready money, and if ever he should be such a scoundrel as to fall short of his word and desert you, he would forfeit the money.
Now, sixty thousand florins is a great sum of money.

Nobody would be such a fool as to lightly chuck it away.

A man would think twice about breaking his word when all that was at stake, especially when he had given his word to such a wondrously lovely girl as my Fanny." "Good night; I want to go to sleep," stammered Fanny, sinking back again between her pillows; and for a long time afterwards she tossed about in her bed, whilst hatred, horror, and disgust struggled together in her soul.

Only the late dawn brought rest at last to her weary eyelids.
The sun was already shining through the window-panes when Fanny awoke.
Mrs.Meyer must have got up and gone out much earlier, for there was no sign of her.

Her good humour returned, therefore, and she arose and dressed hastily, scarcely allowing herself time to arrange her hair in the simplest manner possible.
Breakfast was already awaiting her.