He must part from her in some other way than this if he would leave on her mind the impression that she was irrevocably bound to him.

He stooped quickly with a well-affected devotion and lifted her hand to kiss it.

That act awakened Julia Anderson.

She must have awaked anyhow, sooner or later.
But when one is in the toils of such a man, sooner is better.

The touch of Humphreys's hand and lips sent a shudder through her frame that Humphreys felt.