Under such circumstances a great love is often a dangerous one.

Very little will turn it into hatred.

And Julius had been made to feel more than once the utter superfluity of his existence, as far as Charlotte Sandal was concerned.
Still, he determined not to resign the hope of winning her until he was sure that her indifference was not an affectation.

He had read of women who used it as a lure.

If it were Charlotte's special weapon he was quite willing to be brought to submission by it.