"And I—never felt so proud of myself in all my life before. For what am I doing? Throwing away all my fixed ideas of what life should be, for your sake, and glad to do it."
"Mr. Heathcote, will you never believe that I am in earnest?"
"I know very well that you are in earnest. But I shall be equally in earnest in breaking down the barriers between us. When that Western lover of yours is married to some one else, and Mrs. Lorrington likewise, then shall we not be free?"
"Helen will never marry any one else."
"Why do you not say that Mr. Pronando never will?"
"Because I am not sure," she answered, with sad humility.
"Are you going to tell him all that has happened?"
"Yes."
"And leave the decision to him?"
"Yes."