Sufficient to the day is its evil.

At the end of the week we will come to some decision unless everything is already decided." For the next twenty-four hours I reflected on this pretty problem as hard as ever I did on anything in all my life.

Here was a young woman who must somehow be protected from a scoundrel, but who could not be protected because she herself had to protect another scoundrel--to wit, her own father.

Could the thing be faced out?
Impossible, for I was sure that Marnham had committed a murder, or murders, of which Rodd possessed evidence that would hang him.
Could Heda be married to Anscombe at once?
Yes, if both were willing, but then Marnham would still be hung.

Could they elope?
Possibly, but with the same result.