'Has she?' he cried eagerly. 'But listen, I must explain. When I first
met your family, I had no other intention than to pass the time
pleasantly while in Devonshire. My income was never large, and my debts
are always very great, so I was planning to attach myself to a woman of
fortune. But I soon found myself sincerely fond of your sister, and the
happiest hours of my life were spent with her. I allowed myself, most
wrongly, to put off asking her to marry me. At last I determined to
speak of marriage, but unfortunately my relation, Mrs Smith, had just
discovered a connection'—he reddened, and looked away—'but you have probably
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