She did not refuse to see her suitor; she did not say that she loved any one else.

I think she had a mortal fear of her father, and, dear soul! she could not do any thing that required resolution.
"One day your grandfather said at dinner, 'To-morrow, Miss Mary, your new friend will be here.' "All night she lay awake, trembling and tearful; and at morning she rose like a spectre.

The stranger arrived.

Mary kept her room until dinner-time.

Then we both went down to see the new-comer.