her perfectly free to withdraw from the engagement.”
“No man could say more than that, Miss Halcombe. As to my experience, few men in his situation would have said as much.”
She paused after I had spoken those words, and looked at me with a singular expression of perplexity and distress.
“I accuse nobody, and I suspect nothing,” she broke out abruptly. “But I cannot and will not accept the responsibility of persuading Laura to this marriage.”
her perfectly free to withdraw from the engagement.”
“No man could say more than that, Miss Halcombe. As to my experience, few men in his situation would have said as much.”
She paused after I had spoken those words, and looked at me with a singular expression of perplexity and distress.
“I accuse nobody, and I suspect nothing,” she broke out abruptly. “But I cannot and will not accept the responsibility of persuading Laura to this marriage.”
