"Why wouldn't it be just the thing?
It would exactly prove my purity." There might have been in her momentary silence a hint of acceptance of it as a practical contribution to their problem, and there were indeed several lights in which it could be considered.

Mrs.Brook, on a quick survey, selected the ironic.

"I see, I see.

I might by the same law arrange somehow that Lady Fanny should find herself in love with Edward.
That would 'prove' HER purity.

And you could be quite at ease," she laughed--"he wouldn't make any presents!" Mr.Cashmore regarded her with a candour that was almost a reproach to her mirth.