But there is no occasion for you to look frightened.

The fact is you are my uncle's daughter and my cousin." "Oh, that is not very dreadful!" she exclaimed in a tone of relief.
"Not dreadful at all," Mark said.

"But you see it involves the fact that you are mistress of this estate, and not I." Millicent stood up suddenly with a little cry.

"No, no, Mark, it cannot be! It would be dreadful, and I won't have it.

Nothing could make me have it.