I don't know whether I could ever learn to love you.

I am not very happy; it might influence my judgment.

If you are willing to wait until I know more about myself----" Oh, he _would_ wait! Certainly.

Meanwhile would she wear his ring--not exactly an engagement--unless she was willing--but---- She hesitated.

Lonelier than she had ever been in all her life, no longer self-sufficient, wistfully hopeless, needing to devote herself absolutely to something or somebody, she hesitated.