I ask only for five minutes.

I entreat her to grant me that.' To add to her perturbation, Letty was in dread of hearing Alfred's ring at the door; she durst not prolong this interview.
'I will tell her,' she said.

'If I can, I will see her to-night.' 'And how can I hear the result?
I am afraid to ask you--if you would write one line to me at Agworth?
I am staying at my mother's house.' He mentioned the address.

Letty, who felt herself caught up above the world of common experiences and usages, gave her promise as a matter of course.
'I shall not try to thank you,' Hubert said.

'But you will not doubt that I am grateful ?' Letty said no more, and it was with profound relief that she heard the door close behind her visitor.