"With this sensible resolve I walked up to Fieldhead one night last August. It was the very eve of my departure for Birmingham; for, you see, I wanted to secure Fortune's splendid prize. I had previously dispatched a note requesting a private interview. I found her at home, and alone.
"She received me without embarrassment, for she thought I came on business. _I_ was embarrassed enough, but determined. I hardly know how I got the operation over; but I went to work in a hard, firm fashion--frightful enough, I dare say. I sternly offered myself--my fine person--with my debts, of course, as a settlement.
"It vexed me, it kindled my ire, to find that she neither blushed, trembled, nor looked down. She responded, 'I doubt whether I have understood you, Mr. Moore.'

"With this sensible resolve I walked up to Fieldhead one night last August, the eve of my departure. I had sent a note, and I found her at home, and alone.
"She received me without embarrassment, for she thought I came on business. I was embarrassed enough, but determined. I hardly know how I got the operation over. I sternly offered myself - my fine person - with my debts, of course, as a settlement.
"It vexed me to find that she neither blushed, trembled, nor looked down. She responded, 'I doubt whether I have understood you, Mr. Moore.'
