We both understood, of course, that the object of this was to prevent our travelling together.

They might have saved themselves the trouble of putting obstacles in our way." "So far as You were concerned, I suppose ?" said Mr.Hethcote.
"So far as She was concerned also," Amelius answered.
"How did she take it, sir ?" Rufus inquired.
"With a composure that astonished us all," said Amelius.

"We had anticipated tears and entreaties for mercy.

She stood up perfectly calm, far calmer than I was, with her head turned towards me, and her eyes resting quietly on my face.

If you can imagine a woman whose whole being was absorbed in looking into the future; seeing what no mortal creature about her saw; sustained by hopes that no mortal creature about her could share--you may see her as I did, when she heard her sentence pronounced.