I have looked into myself, and have inquired of myself,
and have assured myself, that were I to become your husband, I should
not make you happy. It would be of no use for me now to dilate on the
reasons which have convinced me, but I am convinced, and I consider it
my duty to inform you so at once. I have been closeted with your
mother, and have made her understand that it is so.
I have not a word to say in my own justification but this: that I am
sure I am acting honestly in telling you the truth. I would not wish to
say a word animadverting on yourself. If there must be blame in this
matter, I am willing to take it all on my own shoulders. But things
have been done of late, and words have been spoken, and habits have
displayed themselves, which would not, I am sure, conduce to our mutual
comfort in this world, or to our assistance to each other in our
struggles to reach the happiness of the world to come.
I think that you will agree with me, Camilla, that when a man or a
woman has fallen into such a mistake as that which I have now made, it
is best that it should be acknowledged.
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