That Alice should have been brought to think of her engagement with him in a spirit of doubt and with a mind so troubled, that she had been inclined to attempt an escape from it, had been very grievous to him; but it had been in his mind a fantasy, a morbid fear of himself, which might be cured by time. 
That Alice should have thought of her engagement with doubt had been very grievous to him; but he had considered it a fantasy which might be cured by time. 