But possibly the leaven of her proposal would work, and he would repent and come back to her.

The fact that he had evidently not betrayed her to the detective gave her hope of this.

Her thoughts about Toyner were only subordinate to the question, how she was to rescue her father.

With the light and strength of the morning, hope in other possibilities of eluding Bart, even if he remained firm, came back to her.

She would at least work on; if she was baffled in the end, it would be time enough to despair.