Sooner or later the artificial barrier would be broken through by the held-back flood of passion, and then Lady Agnes would run away from the man who had bought her.

And quite right, too, thought Chaldea, although she had no notion of permitting such an elopement to take place.

That Agnes would hold to her bargain all her life, because Hubert had fulfilled his part, never occurred to the girl.

She was not civilized enough to understand this problem of a highly refined nature.
Since the situation was so difficult, Lambert was glad to see the back of his cousin.

He escorted her to the door, but did not attend her through the wood.