"I thought it my duty," said he, "independent of my feelings, to give her the option of continuing the engagement or not, when I was renounced by my mother, and stood to all appearance without a friend in the world to assist me.
-Pensé que era mi deber -dijo-, independientemente de mis sentimientos, darle la opción de continuar o no el compromiso cuando mi madre me repudió y a todas luces quedé sin un amigo en el mundo que me tendiera una mano.