She would go to the city with Humphreys, if he asked her.
It is only fair to say that Julia did not at all consider--she was not in a temper to consider--what a marriage with Humphreys implied.

She only thought of it on two sides--the revenge upon August and Betsey, and the escape from a thralldom now grown more bitter than death.

True, her conscience was beginning to awaken, and to take up arms against her resolve.

But nothing could be plainer.

In marrying Mr.Humphreys she should marry a friend, the only friend she had.