She was angry, but not to such an extent that he feared to repeat his offence.
Then she wept, but her tears could not force him to avoid her.

At first her system of defence was very strong, then it gradually grew weaker.
She granted him another interview, and then two others followed.

But what were these meetings worth to him?
They took place in a church or a public gallery, in places where they could scarcely exchange a grasp of the hand.

At length she told him that she had thought of a place which would render their interviews less perilous, but that she hardly dared tell him where it was.

He pressed her to tell him, and, by degrees, she permitted herself to be persuaded.