"No; I admitted that she was capricious."
"But not heartless?"
"Not at all; I believe her capable of strong, even intense feeling."
"I have never witnessed any exhibition of it."
"I hope she will always remain in ignorance of it herself."
"Why?"
"Because it would place her in a very unhappy position. I pity any woman who is liable to make the discovery of such feelings when it is too late—when she can but sit down in passive submission to her destiny."
"Margaret is too impetuous for that."
"Nay, you can not believe that she would fail to resist such feelings, when marriage made them a sin."