"He spoke out the truth about his people."
"Before he began trying to win you?"
"It wasn't long—after. I don't think he knew how much he cared—till that day on the Glückhorn."
"And then he explained all?"
Doris made no direct reply.
"It must be a little hard upon you, dear,—as well as upon him. You see, you have had your mind full of him. And he has been—attentive, and so on. But just think—if you married him—think of the position you would be in. Think of your father's cousins." The Rector, though eccentric, was well-connected. "Think of my people."
"One needn't bring all one's relatives together, I suppose."
"But the people that one would like to keep apart have an unfortunate knack of coming together, just at the wrong times," Mrs. Winton remarked dryly.
Doris sat upright.
"I know all that," she said. "But I promised. I have given myself to Dick. I did it with my eyes open."