I think it is splendid of her not to let my broken engagement with Tim make any difference between us.

Most mothers would have borne a grudge for that!" "And you think Mrs.Durward has overlooked it ?"--with a curious smile.
Sara enthusiastically assured him that this was the case.
"I wonder!" he said meditatively.

"It would be very unlike Elis--unlike any woman"-- he corrected himself hastily--"to give up a fixed idea so easily." "Well"-- Sara laughed gaily.

"Nowadays you can't _compel_ a person to marry the man she doesn't want--nor prevent her from marrying the man she does." "I don't know.

A determined woman can do a good deal." "But Elisabeth isn't a bit the determined type of female you're evidently imagining," protested Sara, amused.