I understand it to have been confided to me, and to be known to no other person save your sister and yourself.

Do I understand aright ?' Helena answered in a low voice: 'It is only known to us three who are here together.' 'It is not at all known to the young lady, your friend ?' 'On my soul, no!' 'I require you, then, to give me your similar and solemn pledge, Mr.
Neville, that it shall remain the secret it is, and that you will take no other action whatsoever upon it than endeavouring (and that most earnestly) to erase it from your mind.

I will not tell you that it will soon pass; I will not tell you that it is the fancy of the moment; I will not tell you that such caprices have their rise and fall among the young and ardent every hour; I will leave you undisturbed in the belief that it has few parallels or none, that it will abide with you a long time, and that it will be very difficult to conquer.

So much the more weight shall I attach to the pledge I require from you, when it is unreservedly given.' The young man twice or thrice essayed to speak, but failed.
'Let me leave you with your sister, whom it is time you took home,' said Mr.Crisparkle.

'You will find me alone in my room by-and-by.' 'Pray do not leave us yet,' Helena implored him.