I don't expect it will be as easy as falling off a log.

But if she is what I take her to be I shall go for all I'm worth." Some one else was going for all he was worth.

Lord Newhaven rode early, and he had frequently seen Rachel and Hugh riding together at foot's pace.

Possibly his offer to help Dick was partly prompted by an unconscious desire to put a spoke in Hugh's wheel.
Dick, whose worst enemy could not accuse him of diffidence, proved a solid spoke but for a few days only.

Rachel suddenly broke all her engagements and left London..