We must accept the position in which Miss Silvester has placed us.

I shall give up all further effort to trace her from this moment." "Surely that will be a dreadful disappointment to Blanche, Sir Patrick ?" "I don't deny it.

We must face that result." "If you are sure there is nothing else to be done, I suppose we must." "I am not sure of anything of the sort, Master Arnold! There are two chances still left of throwing light on this matter, which are both of them independent of any thing that Miss Silvester can do to keep it in the dark." "Then why not try them, Sir?
It seems hard to drop Miss Silvester when she is in trouble." "We can't help her against her own will," rejoined Sir Patrick.

"And we can't run the risk, after that nervous attack this morning, of subjecting Blanche to any further suspense.

I have thought of my niece's interests throughout this business; and if I now change my mind, and decline to agitate her by more experiments, ending (quite possibly) in more failures, it is because I am thinking of her interests still.