"Your brother has left England, has he not ?" "He is at Ostend." "Then Colonel Ray will keep his word," I assured her.

"Besides, you have written to him, have you not ?" "I have written," she answered.

"Still, I am afraid.

He will do what he thinks right, whatever it may be." "He will respect your wishes," I said.
She smiled a little bitterly.
"He is not an easy person to influence," she murmured.

"I doubt whether my wishes, even my prayers, would weigh with him a particle against his own judgment.