I may not consider myself--only my father and my house.

It is my duty to make him happy, and I am going to do it without regard to any other purpose in life.

My having known Master Hamilton will not only keep other men out of my heart, but will help me to know them and will lead me to fear them when I go to court." Later in the evening my cousin and I walked out in town, and I had a long talk with her, partly concerning Hamilton, a theme to which she always returned, and partly concerning conditions she would meet if she became a maid of honor.

And my faith in her grew as we talked.
That night I went to sleep convinced that my beautiful cousin was strong enough and shrewd enough to evade all the pitfalls of Whitehall, and that her experience with Hamilton had been the one thing needful to make her keenly alive to her danger.

I felt that she was safe, but-- Near the hour of two o'clock the next afternoon, Sir Richard and I, returning from a short walk, did not find Frances at home, so I made my way to the Bourne Path, thinking it hardly possible that in the face of yesterday's events Frances could have gone to meet Hamilton.