But Lady Ogram knows my circumstances, and none the less urges me on.

It may be taken for granted that she has something in view; and, after giving a good deal of thought to the matter, I see no valid reason why I should refuse any assistance she chooses to offer me.

The case would not be without precedent.

There is nothing dishonourable--" Dyce drifted into verbosity.

At the beginning, he had lost from sight the impossibility of telling the whole truth about his present position and the prospects on which he counted; he spoke with relief, and would gladly have gone on unbosoming himself.