So the very day she was surprised into consenting to marry Walter secretly she sat down to the Marriage Service and learned it all by heart directly, and understood most of it.
By this means she realized that now she had another man to obey as well as her father.

So now, when Walter pressed her for secret meetings, she said, submissively, "Oh yes, if you insist." She even remarked that she concluded clandestine meetings were the natural consequence of a clandestine marriage.
She used to meet her husband in the day when she could, and often for five minutes under the moon.

And she even promised to spend two or three days with him at the lakes if a safe opportunity should occur.

But for that she stipulated that Mr.Hope must be absent.
Walter asked her why she was more afraid of Mr.Hope than of her father.
Her eyes seemed to look inward dimly, and at first she said she didn't know.

But after pondering the matter a little she said, "Because he watches me more closely than papa, and that is because--You won't tell anybody ?" "No." "Not a soul, upon your honor ?" "Not a soul, dearest, upon my honor." "Well, then, because he loves me more." "Oh, come!" said Walter, incredulously.
But Mary would neither resign her opinion nor pursue a subject which puzzled and grieved her.
We have now indicated the peaceful tenor of things in Derbyshire for a period of some months.