A Punching Advisement

“You did not understand your own understanding with Penelope,” Lady Danbury said happily. “I should scold you just a nip, but I cannot. You knew her worth. You simply did not think of being confident enough to secure her. Do you think she will marry you?”He gulped his punch and set it down before he spilled it. “I think - thoughts are beyond me. I have feelings and my legs move. My mouth looses words. I am at this moment saying far too much and not respecting her privacy. I am at once fervent I must reach for her and hold fast, and also that I do not want Pen to feel she must suffer me out of pity. Were I to vent all my unhappiness she might cease to court in earnest and give up all her hopes for me,” he said.