Patty, meanwhile, had quite enough betray’d
Of her own mind to make her James afraid 230
Of one so simply pure: his hardening heart
Inclined to anger—he resolved to part.
Why marry Patty?—if he look’d around,
More advantageous matches might be found;
But, though he might a richer wife command,
He first must break her hold upon his hand.
She with a spinster-friend retired awhile—
“Not long,” she said—and said it with a smile.