I have by no means lost hope.

I fear the atmosphere in which you are living has some effect upon you.

The case stands thus: Walter has done nothing in the least dishonourable, but he has been carried away, as any imaginative young fellow would probably have been under the circumstances.

The girl is very beautiful, wonderfully sweet and lovable; if a man ruined himself to obtain her I dare say it would be a long time before he repented.' 'At least six months.' 'No, I can't joke about Thyrza.

I love her myself, and if I can by any means guide her life into a smooth channel it will make me very happy.
But she must not marry Walter; that would assuredly _not_ be for her happiness.