At the door, however, he came back again.
'Still, Leonora,' he urged, 'I have come on purpose; and I don't see what disturbance would be caused.

You would simply marry an old friend.

Won't you reconsider?
It is no more than right that we should be united, remembering the girl.' She shook her head, and patted with her foot nervously.
'Well, I won't detain you,' he added.

'I shall not be leaving Exonbury yet.

You will allow me to see you again ?' 'Yes; I don't mind,' she said reluctantly.
The obstacles he had encountered, though they did not reanimate his dead passion for Leonora, did certainly make it appear indispensable to his peace of mind to overcome her coldness.