But if I were to remain here hopelessly, I should become unfit for my work.

I am becoming so, and shall be better away." "But why ask me, Mr.Saul ?" "Because I think that you can tell me." "But why not ask herself?
Who can tell you so truly as she can do ?" "You would not advise me to do that if you were sure that she would reject me ?" "That is what I would advise." "I will take your advice, Miss Burton.

Now, good-by, and may God bless you.

You say you will be here in the Autumn; but before the Autumn I shall probably have left Clavering.

If so our farewells will be for very long, but I shall always remember our pleasant intercourse here." Then he went on toward Cumberly Green; and Florence, as she walked into the vicarage grounds was thinking that no girl had ever been loved by a more single-hearted, pure-minded gentleman than Mr.Saul.
As she sat alone in her bed-room, five or six hours after this interview, she felt some regret that she should leave Clavering without a word to Fanny on the subject.