He can't--after the expiration of that brief period in which the vanity of each is a holy joy to the other.

Remember now!" Curiously enough this well-intended homily had the effect of arousing in Nancy an instant sense of loyalty to Allan.

She suffered little flashes of resentment at the thought that Clara Tremaine should seem to depreciate one toward whom she felt herself turning with a sudden defensive tenderness.

And this, though it was clear to the level eye of reason that Clara must have been generalising on observations made far from Edom.

But her loyal spirit was not less eager to resent an affront because it might seem to have been aimless.
And thereafter, though never ceasing to wonder, Nancy was won.