18/21 "Dangers and difficulties beset us on every side. I am inclined to yield to Viviana's request, and proceed to Manchester." "That will be rushing into the very face of danger," observed Garnet. "Our adversaries will scarcely suspect us of so desperate a step." "Perhaps you are in the right, my son," returned Garnet, after a moment's reflection. "At all events, I bow to your judgment." "The plan is too much in accordance with my own wishes to meet with any opposition on my part," observed Viviana. Viviana will need a protector. |