And now that he appears to have been in the right--legally--about the field, it would look like spite if I cut him.

Besides, he really isn't a bad man if he would only let the women alone." "If he trifles with Miss Lindsay, I shall ask him to cross the Channel, and have a shot at him." "I don't think he'd go," said Sir Charles dubiously.

"If I were you, I would try my luck with Gertrude at once.

In spite of what you heard, I don't believe she would marry a man of his origin.

His money gives him an advantage, certainly, but Gertrude has sent richer men to the rightabout." "Let the fellow have fair play," said Erskine.