It is just possible that they may meet again, and (as the ranks between them cannot be so very disproportionate) that he may marry her.

I am sure that he could not do a better or a wiser thing, for she loves him too fondly, despite her wrongs.

Under these circumstances, would it be a--a--a culpable disguise of truth to represent her as a married woman--separated from her husband--and give her the name of her seducer?
Without such a precaution you will see, sir, that all hope of settling her reputably in life--all chance of procuring her any creditable independence, is out of the question.

Such is my dilemma.
What is your advice ?--palatable or not, I shall abide by it." The banker's grave and saturnine countenance exhibited a slight degree of embarrassment at the case submitted to him.

He began brushing away, with the cuff of his black coat, some atoms of dust that had settled on his drab small-clothes; and, after a slight pause, he replied, "Why, really, dear madam, the question is one of much delicacy--I doubt if men could be good judges upon it; your sex's tact and instinct on these matters are better--much better than our sagacity.