The pressure upon her would grow heavier and heavier all the time.

Could she resist it?
He might make her think that the fate of a spy would be hers, unless she chose to marry him.
In all the world, since Philip would lie long in the hospital with a wound, there was but one man who could help her.

And it was he, John Scott.

Out of the depths of his misery and despair a star of hope shot up.

His own strong heart and arm, and his only, would rescue her.