"If you give yourself to him, he will want the whole of you—he will have a right to the whole. No man, worth calling a man, would be content with less. Loving one man, you cannot rightly marry another."
"People do sometimes, don't they?—and things get straight in the end."
"People do many foolish things. The question is not—what others do, but what you yourself ought to do. Could you truly and faithfully promise to 'love, honour, and obey' Hamilton Stirling? To LOVE him, child! You know what love means."
"Yes—" she whispered, her eyes brimming over again. "I love—Dick!"
"Then, to marry Stirling could only mean unhappiness for you both. For him as much as for you."
"I've often wondered what he would say—if he knew about Dick."
"He would have to know all."
Doris remained motionless, thinking.
"I'd better—not go to-morrow," she said at length.
"It seems more wise—under the circumstances."