Nothing could divide her from him but his death or hers,--or falseness on his part.

But as to marriage, that would not be possible till her father had assented.
And as to seeing the man,--ah, yes, if she could do so with her father's assent! She would not be ashamed to own her great desire to see him.

She would tell her father that all her happiness depended upon seeing him.

She would not be coy in speaking of her love.

But she would obey her father.
She had a strong idea that she would ultimately prevail,--an idea also that that "ultimately" should not be postponed to some undefined middle-aged period of her life.