He agreed to pursue the course planned for him.
So Richard returned to Wanley, carrying with him a small satisfaction and many great anxieties.

Nor did he visit London again until four weeks had gone by; it was understood that the pressure of responsibilities grew daily more severe.

New Wanley, as the industrial settlement in the valley was to be named, was shaping itself in accordance with the ideas of the committee with which Mutimer took counsel, and the undertaking was no small one.
In spite of Emma's cheerful anticipations, 'the business' meanwhile made little progress.

A graver trouble was the state of Jane's health; the sufferer seemed wasting away.

Emma devoted herself to her sister.
Between her and Mutimer there was no further mention of marriage.