It's natural, I believe, that they should be contrary.

But Marie is as good as the best of them, and when I speak to her, she'll hear reason.' Adrian Urmand had no alternative but to assent to the innkeeper's proposition.

The idea of making love second-hand was not pleasant to him; but he could not hinder the uncle from speaking his mind to the niece.

One little suggestion he did make before he took his departure.

'It can't be, I suppose, that there is any one else that she likes better ?' To this Michel Voss made no answer in words, but shook his head in a fashion that made Adrian feel assured that there was no danger on that head.
But Michel Voss, though he had shaken his head in a manner so satisfactory, had feared that there was such danger.