This mental query, utterly unthought of and uncalled for, very much annoyed him. Who or What was it that suggested “The Other One”? Not himself; he was sure of that. He went to his father, and they talked of the King, and the Ministers, and the great Mr. Brougham, whom both King and Ministers feared–but all the time, and far below the tide of this restless conversation, Piers heard this very different one,–
“I and Thou!”
“And the Other One.”
“There is no ‘Other One.’”
“Annabel.”
“No.”
“If Annabel were Destiny?”
“Will is stronger than Destiny.”
“If Annabel should be Will.”
“Love is stronger than Will.”