Take time to consider." "You are very kind, Alfred.

My duty is plain to me.

I will marry you--if you still wish it--when my good name is restored to me.

Not before." He laid one hand on her arm, and pointed with the other to the guests in the distance, all leaving the tent on the way to their carriages.
"You r good name will be restored to you," he said, "on the day when I make you my wife.

The worst enemy you have cannot associate _my_ name with a suspicion of theft.