Emma.

“I cannot make speeches, Emma: If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am. You hear nothing but truth from me. I have blamed you, and lectured you, and you have borne it as no other woman would have borne it. But you understand me—and you are not angry. I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. As a child I was taught what was right; but I was not taught to correct my temper. I have been a weak and vain creature. But you make me want to be better. And I will if you will marry me.”