I could not, but perchance Marie might.

She was very strong-natured and very faithful.

She was not to be bought, and I doubted whether she could be frightened.
"Father," I said, "I may never marry Marie, but I don't think that Hernando Pereira ever will either." "Why not, my boy ?" "Because she loves me, father, and she is not one to change.

I believe that she would rather die." "Then she must be a very unusual sort of woman.

Still, it may be so; the future will tell to those who live to see it.