"I freely acknowledge my attachment to him.

It is as strong as my aversion to Mr.Catesby.But the latter is aware that the suit of his rival is as hopeless as his own." "Explain yourself, I pray you ?" said Dee.
"My destiny is the cloister,--and this he well knows," she rejoined.

"As soon as my worldly affairs can be arranged, I shall retire to the English nunnery at Brussels, where I shall vow myself to Heaven." "Such is your present intention," replied Dee.

"But you will never quit your own country." "What shall hinder me ?" asked Viviana, uneasily.
"Many things," returned Dee.

"Amongst others, this meeting with your lover." "Call him not by that name, I beseech you, reverend sir," she rejoined.
"Humphrey Chetham will never be other to me than a friend." "It may be," answered Dee.