I would not leave the manor house until I had seen Sir John.

Agatha did not go back to the drawing-room with me.
"What will mamma think ?" she said, in utter dismay.

"See how late it is; and the dew has fallen." "I will tell her why I detained you, Agatha.

You are sure that I shall not wake up tomorrow and find all this is a dream ?" "I do not think so," she replied; and then she would not stop for another word, and I went in to meet Lady Thesiger alone.
She was surprised when I told her.

No matter what Coralie said about maneuvering, if ever I saw real, genuine surprise in any woman's face, it was in Lady Thesiger's this evening.
"You have asked Agatha to marry you!" she repeated, looking half bewildered; "and pray, Sir Edgar, what did the child say ?" "She promised to marry me," I replied, more boldly; "that is, of course, if Sir John and you, Lady Thesiger, have no objection." "I am afraid that you have not taken that much into consideration.