And a part of it was the unconsidered language of a loving woman.

And those were the pages that he kissed.
His letter in answer was much shorter.

Of course he would obey her wishes.

He had been selfish, thinking only of himself.

As for his political career, he did not see how that was going to suffer by his being occasionally seen in company with one of the most brilliantly intellectual women in London, known to share his views.