You are punishing me not only because I have failed but because you have failed too.

It seems to me that if you believed it possible to accomplish so much, if you had so much faith--that you have lost your faith rather quickly.

I believed in nothing, I had no faith and yet I have not lost hope." She shook her head and gently withdrew her hand.
"It is useless to insist, Jefferson--until my father is cleared of this stain our lives--yours and mine--must lie apart." Someone coughed and, startled, they both looked up.

Mr.Ryder had entered the room unobserved and stood watching them.

Shirley immediately rose to her feet indignant, resenting this intrusion on her privacy after she had declined to receive the financier.
Yet, she reflected quickly, how could she prevent it?
He was at home, free to come and go as he pleased, but she was not compelled to remain in the same room with him.