'Yes; I think she is.'
'And time will do nothing for her—not the slightest hope of it! She would never be a companion for Lilian, if they lived together a hundred years—of course you see that.'
For Lilian! How plainly he was always shewing that she was the centre to which all his thoughts converged.
'Yes; I see that they will never be companions; but Miss Reed will miss nothing; she will do no harm to Lilian.'
'Not in one way, perhaps.'
'Not in any way, Mr Wentworth, other than paining her sometimes.'
'But if that might have been avoided?'
'Neither sorrow nor pain, nor any other thing, will injure Lilian in the long-run. You ought to know that.'
'I am not an advocate for enduring unnecessary pain, Miss Haddon.'
'I believe Lilian will have to suffer—it may be a great deal—and some preliminary training will enable her to bear what is to come all the easier.'