It was selfishness which first made him sport with your affections; which afterwards, when his own were engaged, made him delay the confession of it, and which finally carried him from Barton.
Het was zelfzucht, die hem het eerst deed spelen met je gevoelens; die later, toen zijne eigene erbij waren betrokken, hem de bekentenis ervan deed verschuiven, en die hem ten slotte Barton verlaten deed.