His scheme may take the girl in.

So, old Johnstone's away a few days.

Perhaps settling his affairs before his departure.

I think," the lover mused, "I will follow them to Europe, if they go, and, if they stay, Willoughby will ask for my retention, and, after all, 'faint heart never won fair lady.' Hawke is not an open suitor.

If the old man should ever marry this French beauty, I may find the pathway open to Nadine Johnstone's side!" So, with a "fighting chance," Captain Hardwicke determined that Miss Nadine should know his heart before long, and have also a chance to know her own mind.