Bart lying in a foreign grave would never trouble her again, and Archie would only be a stumbling-block in her career.

She would never love the boy, come what might.

If this Frenchman filled her ideal, it was best for her to end her days across the water--best certainly for Jane, to whom she had only brought unhappiness.
For some moments he busied himself with the reins, loosening them from where they were caught in the harness; then he bent his head and said slowly, and with the tone of the physician in consultation: "Your protest will do no good, Jane, and your trip abroad will only be a waste of time and money.

If Lucy has not changed, and this letter shows that she has not, she will laugh at your objections and end by doing as she pleases.

She has always been a law unto herself, and this new move of hers is part of her life-plan.