All I shall say is, that the sooner we both forget what I must call folly, the better." She took the airs of a woman considerably older and more experienced than himself.

He thought her haughty; she was only miserable.
"You are mistaken," said he, more quietly and with more dignity than was likely from his previous conduct.

"I will not allow you to characterise as folly what might be presumptuous on my part--I had no business to express myself so soon--but which in its foundation was true and sincere.
That I can answer for most solemnly.

It is possible, though it may not be a usual thing, for a man to feel so strongly attracted by the charms and qualities of a woman, even at first sight, as to feel sure that she, and she alone, can make his happiness.

My folly consisted--there you are right--in even dreaming that you could return my feelings in the slightest degree, when you had only seen me once: and I am most truly ashamed of myself.