You mustn't tire your eyes, you know; there's plenty of time.' 'I will read all you wish me to, and think over it as much as I can.' 'Then you're a right-down good girl, and if I don't think myself a lucky man, I ought to.' He left her trembling with a strange new emotion, the begin fling of a self-conscious zeal, an enthusiasm forced into being like a hothouse flower.

It made her cheeks burn; she could not rest till her study had commenced.
Richard had written to his sister, saying that he wanted her, that she must come at once.

To Alice his thoughts had been long turning; now that the time for action had arrived, it was to her that he trusted for aid.
Things he would find it impossible to do himself, Alice might do for him.

He did not doubt his power of persuading her.

With Alice principle would stand second to his advantage.