Foryourownsakereviseit，forthereadersofyourbookwon’tbelievethatyouaretellingatruestoryanyhow；theywillsaythatyouwrotethischapterandattributedittome，andyouwillfindyourselfheldresponsibleforitsshortcomings。IhaveinsertedafewnoteshereandtherewhichwillgiveyouanideaofwhatI
sufferedasIwroteonandfoundhergrowingdailylessandlesstractable，withoccasionallyanindicationofthepointofdivergencebetweenheractualbehaviorandthatwhichIexpectedofher。\"
Toafellow—workmaninliteraryfieldsthischapterisofpatheticinterest，thoughitmaynotsoappeartothereaderwhoknowslittleofthedifficultiesofauthorship。IcanhardlyreaditmyselfwithoutafeelingofmostintensepityforpoorHarley。Icanimaginethesleeplessnightswhichfollowedtheshatteringofhishopesastowhathisstorymightbebytherecalcitrantattitudeoftheyoungwomanhehadhonoredsohighlybyselectingherforhisheroine。Icanalmostfeelthebittersenseofdisappointment，whichmusthaveburnedtotheverydepthsofhissoul，whenhefinallyrealizedhowcompletelyoverturnedwereallhisplans，andIcannotforegocallingattentiontotheconstancytohiscreedofStuartHarley，insacrificinghisopportunityratherthanhisprinciples，asshownbyhisresolutedeterminationnottoforceMissAndrewstodohisbidding，eventhoughitrequiredmerelythedippingofhispenintotheinkandtheresolutiontodoso。
Icannotblameher，however。GrantingtoHarleytherighttoacreed，MissAndrews，too，itmustbeadmitted，wasentitledtohaveviewsastohowsheoughttobehaveundergivencircumstances，andifshefoundhernotionsrunningcountertohis，itwasonlyproperthatsheshouldactaccordingtothedictatesofherownheart，ormind，orwhateverelseitmaybethatawomanreasonswith，ratherthanaccordingtohiswishes。
Astoallquestionsofthiskind，however，asbetweenthetwo，thereadermustjudge，andonedocumentinevidenceisHarley’schapter，whichraninthiswise：