The idea of it had become familiar to her.

She had conquered the repugnance which she must at first have felt, and had made herself accustomed to regard this man as her future husband.

And then there would be Madame Voss against him, and M.le Cure,--both of whom would think it infinitely better for Marie's future welfare, that she should marry a Roman Catholic, as was Urmand, than a Protestant such as was he, George Voss.

And then the money! Even if he could bring himself to believe that the money was nothing to Marie, it would be so much to all those by whom Marie would be surrounded, that it would be impossible that she should be preserved from its influence.
It is not often that young people really know each other; but George certainly did not know Marie Bromar.

In the first place, though he had learned from her the secret of her heart, he had not taught himself to understand how his own sullen silence had acted upon her.
He knew now that she had continued to love him; but he did not know how natural it had been that she should have believed that he had forgotten her.