I didn’t succumb without a struggle to my uncle’s allurements. Indeed,
I held out for a week while I contemplated life and my prospects. It
was a crowded and muddled contemplation. It invaded even my sleep.
My interview with the Registrar, my talk with my uncle, my abrupt
discovery of the hopeless futility of my passion for Marion, had
combined to bring me to sense of crisis. What was I going to do with
life?