I'll neither look nor speak till I am quite sure, for Mac's love is far deeper than poor Charlie's, and I must be very true." Not in words did the resolve shape itself, but in a quick impulse, which she obeyed certain that it was right, since it was hard to yield to it.
Only an instant's silence followed Mac's answer as she stood looking down with fingers intertwined and color varying in her cheeks.

A foolish attitude, but Mac thought it a sweet picture of maiden hesitation and began to hope that a month's wooing was about to end in winning for a lifetime.

He deceived himself, however, and cold water fell upon his flame, subduing but by no means quenching it, when Rose looked up with an air of determination which could not escape eyes that were growing wonderfully farsighted lately.
"I came in here to beg Uncle to advise you to go away soon.

You are very patient and forbearing, and I feel it more than I can tell.

But it is not good for you to depend on anyone so much for your happiness, I think, and I know it is bad for me to feel that I have so much power over a fellow creature.