Some catastrophe would be sure to occur.

He determined, therefore, to accompany his friend, so as to do what he could to avert the calamity which he dreaded.
And this was the reason why he went with Dacres to Rome.
As for Dacres, he seemed to be animated by but one motive, which he expressed over and over again: "She stood between me and my child-angel, and so will I stand between her and her Italian!".