"There lies my trouble.

I vowed to let her marry him, and to make her as valuable as I could to him by schooling her as many years and as thoroughly as possible.

I mean to keep my vow.

I made it because I did his father a terrible wrong; and it was a weight on my conscience ever since that time till this scheme of making amends occurred to me through seeing that Giles liked her." "Wronged his father ?" asked Mrs.Melbury.
"Yes, grievously wronged him," said her husband.
"Well, don't think of it to-night," she urged.

"Come indoors." "No, no, the air cools my head.