Would she have him?
It doesn't seem likely, but you can never know what a woman will or will not do, and as a child she was very fond of Morris.

At any rate the situation is desperate, and if I can, I mean to save the old place, for his sake and our family's, as well as my own." He went to the window, and, lifting a corner of the blind, looked out.
"There he is, still staring at the sea and the sky, and there I daresay he will be till dawn.

I bet he has forgotten all about Mary now, and is thinking of his electrical machine.

What a curiosity! Good heavens; what a curiosity! Ah, I wonder what they would have made of him in my old mess five and thirty years ago ?" And quite overcome by this reflection, the Colonel shook his grizzled head, put out the candle, and retired to rest.
His father was right.

The beautiful September dawn was breaking over the placid sea before Morris brushed the night dew from his hair and cloak, and went in by the abbot's door.
What was he thinking of all the time?
He scarcely knew.