I would not let him take me to a coach, but entreated him to go to Richard without a moment's delay and leave me to do as he wished. Hurrying home, I found my guardian and told him gradually with what news I had returned. "Little woman," said he, quite unmoved for himself, "to have done with the suit on any terms is a greater blessing than I had looked for. But my poor young cousins!"

Hurrying home, I found my guardian and told him the news.
"Little woman," said he, quite unmoved for himself, "to have done with the suit on any terms is a blessing. But my poor young cousins!"
