Mr.

Hartright returns to England, hold no communication with him. I walk on a path of my own, and Percival follows at my heels. On the day when

Mr.

Hartright crosses that path, he is a lost man.”

“Impelled by honourable admiration⁠—honourable to myself, honourable to you⁠—I write, magnificent Marian , in the interests of your tranquillity, to say two consoling words⁠—

“Fear nothing!

1907