Sentence:  When I do myself the honour of speaking to you next on the subject, I shall hope to receive a more favourable answer than you have now given me; though I am far from accusing you of cruelty at present, because I know it to be the established custom of your sex to reject a man on the first application, and perhaps you have even now said as much to encourage my suit as would be <WSD>consistent</WSD> with the true delicacy of the female character. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Compatible, accordant.