Miss Margaret my dear, I've had to keep it down this many a week: and though I don't pretend I can love her as you do, yet I loved her better than any other man, woman, or child--no one but Master Frederick ever came near her in my mind. 
Miss Margaret, my dear, I've had to keep it down this many a week; and though I don't pretend I can love her as you do, yet I've loved her better than any other but Master Frederick. 