After all, she may regard him more affectionally than we imagine.' 'No doubt she has weighed advantages.

If the prospects you offered her had proved more to her taste she would have dismissed this elderly admirer.

His fate has been decided during the last few weeks.

It's probable that the invitation to your Wednesday evenings gave her a hope of meeting young men.' 'I see no harm if it did,' said Miss Barfoot, smiling.

'But Miss Vesper would very soon undeceive her on that point.' 'I hardly thought of her as a girl likely to make chance friendships with men in highways and by-ways.' 'No more did I; and that makes all the more content with what has come about.