Offer what he might, she would not accept it; but the secret chagrin that was upon her would be removed.

Love would no longer be the privilege of other women.

To reject a lover in so many respects desirable, whom so many women might envy her, would fortify her self-esteem, and enable her to go forward in the chosen path with firmer tread.
It was one o'clock; the fire had died out and she began to shiver with cold.

But a trembling of joy at the same time went through her limbs; again she had the sense of exultation, of triumph.

She would not dismiss him peremptorily.