"It would be his own if he were free--and it would be Lord Petherton's FOR him.

I mean by his being free Nanda's becoming definitely lost to him.

Then it would be impossible for Mrs.Brook to continue to persuade him, as she does now, that by a waiting game he'll come to his chance.

His chance will cease to exist, and he wants so, poor darling, to marry.

You've really now seen my niece," she went on.