They went off, and Bernard was left with Bell standing together over the ha-ha fence which divides the garden at the back of the house from the field.
"Bell," he said, "they seem very happy, don't they ?" "And they ought to be happy now, oughtn't they?
Dear Lily! I hope he will be good to her.

Do you know, Bernard, though he is your friend, I am very, very anxious about it.

It is such a vast trust to put in a man when we do not quite know him." "Yes, it is; but they'll do very well together.

Lily will be happy enough." "And he ?" "I suppose he'll be happy, too.

He'll feel himself a little straightened as to income at first, but that will all come round." "If he is not, she will be wretched." "They will do very well.