But Anna's aunt intimated to him, through an acquaintance, that he had already compromised the girl, and that he was in honour bound to propose to her. He proposed, and devoted to his betrothed and to his wife all the feeling of which he was capable.
Midió todos los aspectos en pro y en contra y observó que no había motivo alguno que le obligase a prescindir de su regla general: la de abstenerse en la duda.