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He therefore accepted for her , and persuaded her to accede to , a proposal of marriage , from a wealthy Greek merchant settled at Constantinople . She quitted her native Greece ; her father died ; by degrees she was cut off from all the companions and ties of her youth . The war , which about a year before the present time had broken out between Greece and Turkey , brought about many reverses of fortune . Her husband became bankrupt , and then in a tumult and threatened massacre on the part of the Turks , they were obliged to fly at midnight , and reached in an open boat an English vessel under sail , which brought them immediately to this island . The few jewels they had saved , supported them awhile . The whole strength of Evadne 's mind was exerted to support the failing spirits of her husband . Loss of property , hopelessness as to his future prospects , the inoccupation to which poverty condemned him , combined to reduce him to a state bordering on insanity .