Lord Scroope, will you not say at once that there shall be no doubt?
You must not ruin my child in return for her love!" "If there must be ruin I would sooner bear it myself," said he.

And then they walked on without further speech till they had reached a point somewhat to the right, and higher than that on which he had sat before.
It had ever been a favourite spot with her, and he had often sat there between the mother and daughter.

It was almost the summit of the cliff, but there was yet a higher pitch which screened it from the north, so that the force of the wind was broken.

The fall from it was almost precipitous to the ocean, so that the face of the rocks immediately below was not in view; but there was a curve here in the line of the shore, and a little bay in the coast, which exposed to view the whole side of the opposite cliff, so that the varying colours of the rocks might be seen.

The two ladies had made a seat upon the turf, by moving the loose stones and levelling the earth around, so that they could sit securely on the very edge.