’Don’t，’saidJohnny，recoilingintruthfromthepicturebywhichhewasrevolted。’Neveragain，’shesaid，’neveragain！Butyouforceditfromme，andnowIshallnotclosemyeyesforaweek。’
Shethenbecameverycomfortablyconfidential，anddiscussedtheaffairsofpoorMrsDobbsBroughtonwithagreatdealofsatisfaction。’Iwenttoseeher，ofcourse，butshesentmedownwordtosaythattheshockwouldbetoomuchforher。Idonotwonderthatsheshouldnotseeme。
PoorMaria！Shecametomeforadvice，youknow，whenDobbsBroughtonfirstproposedtoher；andIwasobligedtotellherwhatIreallythought。Iknewhercharacterwell？\"DearMaria，\"Isaid，\"ifyouthinkthatyoucanlovehim，takehim！\"\"IthinkIcan，\"shereplied。\"But，\"
saidI，\"makeyourselfquitesureaboutthebusiness。\"Andhowhasitturnedout？Sheneverlovedhim。WhatheartshehasshehasgiventothatwretchedDalrymple。’
’Idon’tseethatheisparticularlywretched，’saidJohnny，pleadingforhisfriend。