"No; not by any will of your own. Poor Kate! You cannot be surprised that she should think of your marriage with dread. How much of her life has been made up of her companionship with you;--and all the best of it too! You ought not to be angry with her for regarding your withdrawal into Cambridgeshire with dismay."

Poor Kate! You cannot be surprised that she should dread your marriage. How much of her life has been made up of her companionship with you! You ought not to be angry with her for regarding your marriage with dismay."
