I couldn't answer for the line he will take." "Indeed?
That is very interesting.

Ha!" Silence fell between them.
"I'm sure," remarked Mr.Mumbray, at length, "that my wife and daughter will be very sorry to have missed your call.

Undoubtedly you can count on their being at home to-morrow." The prediction was fulfilled, and before leaving the house Glazzard made Serena a proposal of marriage.

That morning there had occurred a quarrel of more than usual bitterness between mother and daughter.
Serena was sick of her life at home, and felt a longing, at any cost, for escape to a sphere of independence.

The expected offer from Glazzard came just at the right moment; she accepted it, and consented that the marriage should be very soon.
But a few hours of reflection filled her with grave misgivings.