She won't succeed, but I want to see how near she gets to it.

Good-night, Annie.

You can have the book to-morrow." Annie went to her own room but she made no preparation for bed.

She had planned to work as she had worked lately until nearly morning.
She was hurrying to complete another book which she had begun before Margaret Edes' announcement that she had written _The Poor Lady_.

The speedy completion of this book had been the condition of secrecy with her publishers.