But she had no time to spare for any indulgence of her feelings.

Her few minutes' talk with Captain Willoughby had been a holiday, but the holiday was over.

She must take up again the responsibilities with which those five years had charged her, and at once.

If she could not accomplish that hard task of forgetting--and she now knew very well that she never would accomplish it--she must do the next best thing, and give no sign that she had not forgotten.

Durrance must continue to believe that she brought more than friendship into the marriage account.
He stood at the very entrance to the enclosure; he advanced into it.