Was she not a Dale?
And when did a Dale change his mind?
For a while he sat silent by her; and she too, having declared her intention, refrained from further words.

For some minutes they thus remained, looking down into the ha-ha.

She still kept her old position, holding her hands clasped together over her knees; but he was now lying on his side, supporting his head upon his arm, with his face indeed turned towards her, but with his eyes fixed upon the grass.

During this time, however, he was not idle.

His cousin's answer, though it had grieved him, had not come upon him as a blow stunning him for a moment, and rendering him unfit for instant thought.