They may bring me tidings of Marian--if not directly, from some person who has seen her since she left Lidford." "If she really wished to hide herself from you, she would most likely change her name." "Why should she wish to hide herself from me?
She must know that she might trust me.

Of her own free will she would never do this cruel thing.
There must have been some secret influence at work upon my darling's mind.

It shall be my business to discover what that influence was; or, in plainer words still, to discover the man who has robbed me of Marian Nowell's heart." "It comes to that, then," said John Saltram.

"You suspect some unknown rival ?" "Yes; that is the most natural conclusion to arrive at.

And yet heaven knows how unwillingly I take that into consideration." "There is no particular person whom you suspect ?" "No one." "If there should be no result from your advertisement, what will you do ?" "I cannot tell you just yet.