Then last night it might not have been too late, and last night I should have spoken to you, I had arranged it all.

Yes, if it had not been for the story of that accursed fetish and your uncle's illness, I should have spoken to you, and perhaps succeeded." "I think not," she said.
He turned upon her and notwithstanding the tears in his eyes they burned like fire.
"You think--you think," he gasped, "but I know.

Of course after this morning it was impossible.

But, Barbara, I say that I will win you yet.
I have never failed in any object that I set before myself, and do not suppose that I shall fail in this.

Although in a way I liked and respected him, I have always felt that Vernon was my enemy, one destined to bring grief and loss upon me, even if he did not intend to do so.
Now I understand why, and he shall learn that I am stronger than he.