You don't know what a hopeless wilderness you would enter if you were desperate enough to attempt my rescue.

I have been past redemption for the last ten years, ever since I left Oxford.
Nothing but a rich marriage will ever set me straight; and I sometimes doubt if that game is worth the candle, and whether it would not be better to make a clean sweep of my engagements, offer up my name to the execration of mankind and the fiery indignation of solvent journalists,--who would find subject for sensation leaders in my iniquities,--emigrate, and turn bushranger.

A wild free life in the wilderness must be a happy exchange for all the petty worries and perplexities of this cursed existence." "And how about Mrs.Branston, John?
By the way, I thought that she might have had something to do with your sudden journey to London." "No; she had nothing to do with it.

I have not seen her since I came back from Lidford." "Indeed!" "No.

Your lecture had a potent effect, you see," said Mr.Saltram, with something of a sneer.