He had submitted to his disappointment; and they had met thenceforth as cousins and friends.
Never before had she associated the idea of him with embarrassing recollections.

But now, on the very day when his brother's marriage to another woman had consummated his brother's treason towards her, there was something vaguely repellent in the prospect of seeing him.

The old nurse (who remembered them both in their cradles) observed her hesitation; and sympathising of course with the man, put in a timely word for Henry.

'He says, he's going away, my dear; and he only wants to shake hands, and say good-bye.' This plain statement of the case had its effect.

Agnes decided on receiving her cousin.
He entered the room so rapidly that he surprised her in the act of throwing the fragments of Montbarry's last letter into the fire.