She would like to see him--and me too, I dare say--brought to the stake.' 'Well, well, of course if you won't talk sensibly I had something to propose.' 'Let me hear it, then.' 'You yourself agree with me that there would be nothing to repent in urging her.' 'On the contrary, I think she might consider herself precious lucky.
It's only that'-- he looked dubious for a moment--'I'm not quite sure whether she's the kind of girl to be content with a husband she found she couldn't convert.

I can imagine her marrying a rake on the hope of bringing him to regular churchgoing, but then Mutimer doesn't happen to be a blackguard, so he isn't very interesting to her.' 'I know what you're thinking of, but I don't think we need take that into account.

And, indeed, we can't afford to take anything into account but her establishment in a respectable and happy home.

Our choice, as you are aware, is not a wide one.

I am often deeply anxious about the poor girl.' 'I dare say.