I knew, moreover, that you had not devoted the whole of the previous afternoon to your correspondence.

I was waiting for your cousin in the conservatory when you joined Brandon in the garden." "And you--you were in the conservatory last night when I went through.
I--I felt there was someone there." "Yes," he answered.

"I waited to see you go." "Why didn't you stop me ?" For an instant her eyes challenged his.
He stood up, straightening himself slowly.
"It would not have answered my purpose," he told her steadily.
She stood up also, her face gone suddenly white.
"You chose this means of--of forcing me to marry you ?" "I chose this means--the only means to my hand--of opening your eyes," he said.

"It has not perhaps been over successful.

You are still blind to much that you ought to see.