If her case was pitiable, his was hopeless. His imprudence had made her miserable for a while; but it seemed to have deprived himself of all chance of ever being otherwise.

“How eloquent could Anne Elliot have been, - how eloquent, at least, were her wi…”

“What is his name?”

“Her mind was all disorder. The past, present, future, every thing was terrible.”

“These are difficulties which you must settle for yourself. Choose your own degr…”