But whether he loved you or not, his position now with Miss Assher is such that any love you may cherish for him can bring nothing but misery.

God knows, I don't expect you to leave off loving him at a moment's notice.

Time and absence, and trying to do what is right, are the only cures.

If it were not that Sir Christopher and Lady Cheverel would be displeased and puzzled at your wishing to leave home just now, I would beg you to pay a visit to my sister.

She and her husband are good creatures, and would make their house a home to you.