IN VAIN HAVE I STRUGGLED. IT WILL NOT DO. MY FEELINGS WILL NOT BE REPRESSED. YOU MUST ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU HOW ARDENTLY I ADMIRE AND LOVE YOU. WHY, WITH SO EVIDENT A DESIGN OF OFFENDING AND INSULTING ME, YOU CHOSE TO TELL ME THAT YOU LIKED ME AGAINST YOUR WILL, AGAINST YOUR REASON, AND EVEN AGAINST YOUR CHARACTER? COULD YOU EXPECT ME TO REJOICE IN THE INFERIORITY OF YOUR CONNECTIONS? TO CONGRATULATE MYSELF ON THE HOPE OF RELATIONS, WHOSE CONDITION IN LIFE IS SO DECIDEDLY BENEATH MY OWN? I HAD NOT KNOWN YOU A MONTH BEFORE I FELT THAT YOU WERE THE LAST MAN IN THE WORLD WHOM I COULD EVER BE PREVAILED ON TO MARRY. FORGIVE ME FOR HAVING TAKEN UP SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, AND ACCEPT MY BEST WISHES FOR YOUR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.