In three or four days Crosbie would be gone; and this victory, if it were ever to be gained, must be gained in those three or four days.

And if there were to be no victory, then it would be only fair that Crosbie should be punished for his duplicity, and that she should be avenged as far as any revenge might be in her power.

Not that she meditated any deep revenge, or was prepared to feel any strong anger.

She liked Crosbie as well as she had ever liked any man.

She believed that he liked her also.