'It had not occurred to me
that as yet she would love any man.'
'Has it gone deep with her, Duke?'
'I fear that all things go deep with her.'
'Poor girl!'
'But they shall be kept apart! As long as your great kindness is
continued for her they shall be kept apart!'
'I do not think that I should be found good at watching a young
lady.'
'She will require no watching.'
'Then of course they will not meet. She had better know that you
have told me.'
'She shall know it.'
'And let her know also that anything I can do to make her happy
shall be done. But, Duke, there is but one cure.'
'Time you mean.'
'Yes; time; but I did not mean time.' Then she smiled as she went
on. 'You must not suppose that I am speaking against my own sex if
I say that she will not forget Mr Tregear till someone else has
made himself agreeable to her. We must wait till she can go out a
little more into society. Then she will find out that there are
others in the world besides Mr Tregear. It so often is the case
that a girl's love means her sympathy for him who has chanced to
be nearest her.
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