The old business is thrown aside--henceforth profitless.' 'No.

Not henceforth profitless! There's the very point I insist upon.
So far is it from profitless, that it has made her a wholly different woman from what she would otherwise have been.

Instead of a moping, mawkish creature, with--in most instances--a very unhealthy mind, she is a complete human being.

She stands on an equality with the man.

He can't despise her as he now does.' 'Very good,' assented Everard, observing Miss Nunn's satisfied smile.
'I like that view very much.