Missus Vernon's Brother, a Handsome Young Man

"I commend my own conduct in this affair extremely and regard it as a very happy instance of circumspection and tenderness. Some others would have insisted on their daughter's accepting so good an offer on the first overture," he writes. "But i could not reconcile it to myself to force frederika into a marriage from which her heart revolted." He adds: 'There is exquisite pleasure in subduing an insolent spirit'