She did not think it possible to regard him with warm feelings; yet, if he asked her to marry him--and that seemed likely to happen very soon--almost certainly her answer would be yes.

Provided, of course, that all he had told her about himself could be in some satisfactory way confirmed.
Her acquaintance with him was an extraordinary thing.

With what amazement and rapture would any one of her shop companions listen to the advances of a man who had six hundred a year! Yet Monica did not doubt this truthfulness and the honesty of his intentions.

His life-story sounded credible enough, and the very dryness of his manner inspired confidence.

As things went in the marriage war, she might esteem herself a most fortunate young woman.