But as the days went on I began to hope that he wouldn't succeed." She uttered these last words very, very seriously.
Her aunt looked at her, surprised at the feeling she threw into her voice.

As for Donnington, he was staring at her dumbly and, yes, angrily.

At last he said: "And why shouldn't Varick marry her, if they both like one another ?" "You wouldn't understand if I were to tell you.

You're too stupid and too good to understand." Donnington felt very much put out.

He did not mind being called stupid, but what on earth did Bubbles mean by saying he was too good?
"I'm sure Lionel's dead wife has been haunting Helen," went on Bubbles rapidly, "quite, quite sure of it.