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It was my fault . I made him , though I did n't know then what I was doing , or at least I would n't let myself think what I was doing . And I got engaged to him . I got engaged at half-past four in the afternoon , and at seven o'clock that evening I was running away from him , and I 've never seen him since . '' Her voice went on steadily , but a quick hot wave of scarlet flamed up over her face . `` He was not a decent man , '' she said briefly , and went on : `` It frightened me almost to death before I got my bearings : I was just a little girl and I had n't understood anything -- and I do n't _ understand _ much now . But I did learn one thing from all that -- I learned to know when a man is n't decent .