Let me avoid his sight, and think of his virtues." Rose was left alone, mistress of her sister's fate.

She put her head into her hands and filled with anxiety and sudden doubt.
Like a good many more of us, she had been positive so long as the decision did not rest with her.

But with power comes responsibility, with responsibility comes doubt.

Easy to be an advocate in re incerta; hard to be the judge.

And she had but a few seconds to think in; for Raynal was at hand.