She had accepted her fate or had made it.
She showed the letter to her mother.

Mrs.Yorke's face took on an inscrutable expression.
"You are not going to answer it, of course ?" she said.
"Of course, I am; I am going to write him the nicest letter that I know how to write.

He is one of the best friends I ever had." "What will Mr.Lancaster say ?" "Mr.Lancaster quite understands.

He is going to be reasonable; that is the condition." This appeared to be satisfactory to Mrs.Yorke, or, at least, she said no more.
Alice's letter to Keith was friendly and even kind.

She had never forgotten him, she said.