Nor did I question the result.

I had not known the lady long, but, in that brief time, our relations had been sufficiently intimate to yield me a good insight into her womanly character.

There would be no yielding, no compromise.

Neither threats nor promises would change her attitude in the least.

Not only did she know the fellow to be a lying knave, but he was not of the sort to ever influence her in the slightest degree.