She could hardly say otherwise, seeing that she had at that moment a letter from him in her pocket, in which he still spoke of his engagement as being absolutely binding on him, and expressed a hope that this change from London to Cheltenham would bring her round and set everything to rights.

He certainly did, in a fashion, wave his hand over her, as Kate had said of him.

This letter Alice had resolved that she would not answer.

He would probably write again, and she would beg him to desist.

Instead of Cheltenham bringing her round, Cheltenham had made her firmer than ever in her resolution.