If there were risk to her--and in truth there was fearful risk--it was his duty to guard her from the chance, not hers to say whether such danger should be encountered or no.

The nature of her answer may be easily surmised.

She was generous, though he was not.

She would never retard his advance, or be felt as a millstone round his neck.

She encouraged him with all her enthusiasm, and bade him throw prudence to the winds.