"If not here--afterwards." "If I were given another," said Hugh.

"If I might only be given another now in this life I should take it." He was thinking if only he might be let off this dreadful self-inflicted death.

She thought he meant that he repented of his sin, and would fain do better.
There was a sound of voices near at hand.

Sybell and Mr.Gresley came down the grass walk towards them.
"London society," Mr.Gresley was saying, "to live in a stuffy street away from the beauties of Nature, its birds and flowers, to spend half my days laying traps for invitations, and half my nights grinning like a fool in stifling drawing-rooms, listening to vapid talk.

No, thanks! I know better than to care for London society.