Have you any objection to going to London for a day or two ?" I made no objection.

I too was eager to go back.
In London I could obtain the legal opinion which would tell me whether I were lawfully married to Eustace or not.

In London I should be within reach of the help and advice of my father's faithful old clerk.

I could confide in Benjamin as I could confide in no one else.

Dearly as I loved my uncle Starkweather, I shrank from communicating with him in my present need.