Could he have guessed what a whip Frank Gresham would have bought at Cambridge--could he have divined what a letter would have been written to Harry Baker--it is probable, nay, we think we may say certain, that Miss Gresham would have become Mrs Moffat.
Miss Gresham, however, never did become Mrs Moffat.

About two days after Frank's departure for Cambridge--it is just possible that Mr Moffat was so prudent as to make himself aware of the fact--but just two days after Frank's departure, a very long, elaborate, and clearly explanatory letter was received at Greshamsbury.

Mr Moffat was quite sure that Miss Gresham and her very excellent parents would do him the justice to believe that he was not actuated, &c., &c., &c.
The long and the short of this was, that Mr Moffat signified his intention of breaking off the match without offering any intelligible reason.
Augusta again bore her disappointment well: not, indeed, without sorrow and heartache, and inward, hidden tears; but still well.

She neither raved, nor fainted, nor walked about by moonlight alone.

She wrote no poetry, and never once thought of suicide.