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Chapter XXVII

           Myfathersaidnothingabouthermoney;buthetoldmeMissMasonwastheboastofSpanishTownforherbeauty:andthiswasnolie. Ifoundherafinewoman,inthestyleofBlancheIngram:tall,dark,andmajestic. HerfamilywishedtosecuremebecauseIwasofagoodrace;andsodidshe. Theyshowedhertomeinparties,splendidlydressed.Iseldomsawheralone,andhadverylittleprivateconversationwithher. Sheflatteredme,andlavishlydisplayedformypleasurehercharmsandaccomplishments. Allthemeninhercircleseemedtoadmireherandenvyme. Iwasdazzled,stimulated:mysenseswereexcited;andbeingignorant,raw,andinexperienced,IthoughtIlovedher. Thereisnofollysobesottedthattheidioticrivalriesofsociety,theprurience,therashness,theblindnessofyouth,willnothurryamantoitscommission. Herrelativesencouragedme;competitorspiquedme;shealluredme:amarriagewasachievedalmostbeforeIknewwhereIwas. Oh,IhavenorespectformyselfwhenIthinkofthatact!anagonyofinwardcontemptmastersme. Ineverloved,Ineveresteemed,Ididnotevenknowher. Iwasnotsureoftheexistenceofonevirtueinhernature:Ihadmarkedneithermodesty,norbenevolence,norcandour,norrefinementinhermindormannersand,Imarriedher:-gross,grovelling,mole-eyedblockheadthatIwas!WithlesssinImighthave ButletmeremembertowhomIamspeaking." 

           "Mybride’smotherIhadneverseen:Iunderstoodshewasdead. 

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