I am the most obscure creature in the world." "Not one degree less dear to me because of that, Marian; only the dearer.
Tell me, my darling, is there any hope for me ?" "I never thought----" she faltered; "I had no idea----" "That to know you was to love you.

My life and soul, I have loved you from the hour I first saw you in Lidford church.

I was a doomed man from that moment, Marian.

O my dearest, trust me, and it shall go hard if I do not make your future life a happy one.

Granted that I am ten years--more than ten years--your senior, that is a difference on the right side.