If he'd married Tess, he wouldn't have met Carmen at all.
Tess needed someone to take care of her, but Carmen didn't.
Carmen once said she wasn't like Tess.
After Tess broke their engagement - at the last minute - there had been no reason for him to hold his end of the bargain... nothing but integrity.
Tess was quite a big bitch, with a very lovely head, quite dark colored, but failed in hind angulation.