Whatasightforayoungmanoffifteenlikeme，whomtheoldmanadmittedastheonlyandsilentwitnessoftheseeroticscenes！Themiserablemotherapplaudedherdaughter’sreserve，andwentsofarastolecturetheelderlylover，who，inhisturn，darednotrefutehermaxims，whichsavouredeithertoomuchortoolittleofChristianity，andresistedaverystronginclinationtohurlatherheadanyobjecthehadathand。Angerwouldthentaketheplaceoflewddesires，andaftertheyhadretiredhewouldcomforthimselfbyexchangingwithmephilosophicalconsiderations。
Compelledtoanswerhim，andnotknowingwellwhattosay，Iventuredonedayuponadvisingamarriage。Hestruckmewithamazementwhenheansweredthatsherefusedtomarryhimfromfearofdrawinguponherselfthehatredofhisrelatives。
\"Thenmakehertheofferofalargesumofmoney，oraposition。\"
\"Shesaysthatshewouldnot，evenforacrown，commitadeadlysin。\"
\"Inthatcase，youmusteithertakeherbystorm，orbanishherforeverfromyourpresence。\"