“Well, Sir Owen, there is nothing I should like more than to see mademoiselle married, only—”
“Only you don’t think she’ll marry me?”
“Comme monsieur a dit, elle a eu toujours son idée.”
“But after the great shock surely she will see that marriage is the only way.” Owen continued to talk of marriage a little while longer, and all the way home his thoughts ran on his chance of persuading Evelyn to marry him. It did not seem possible that she could refuse after the shock. The chances were all with him: he would catch her in a moment when her faith in religion would be weakened, for she must see that it had not saved her from attempted suicide; all the chances were in his favour, and he hardly doubted at all he would be able to persuade her to marry him. Once she agreed she would carry it
