But I should be glad to know that she has not fallen into bad hands." "And I suppose by this time your feelings have cooled down a little.

You have abandoned those revengeful intentions you appeared to entertain, when you were last in this house ?" "In a great measure, yes.

I have promised Marian that, should I and her husband meet, as we must do, I believe, sooner or later, she need apprehend no violence on my part.

He has won the prize; any open resentment would seem mere schoolboy folly.

But you cannot suppose that I feel very kindly towards him, or ever shall." "Upon my soul, I think men are hardly responsible for their actions where a woman is concerned," Sir David exclaimed after a pause.