And it not only wouldn't be decently humane, decently possible, not to make this relief easy to her--the idea shone upon him, more than that, as exciting, inspiring, uplifting.

It fell in so beautifully with what might be otherwise possible; it stood there absolutely confronted with the material way in which it might be met.

The way in which it might be met was by his putting his child at peace, and the way to put her at peace was to provide for his future--that is for hers--by marriage, by a marriage as good, speaking proportionately, as hers had been.

As he fairly inhaled this measure of refreshment he tasted the meaning of recent agitations.

He had seen that Charlotte could contribute--what he hadn't seen was what she could contribute TO.